Natures Youth

Sorry for the delay in posting, life has a way of getting my attention. From having an accident with my car in the snow to changing to a new real estate firm and managing an apartment building, I have been busy. All is well though. I got my car back from the shop, work is going well and I have lost another 5 pounds. Winter is the toughest time to get my exercise in. I do have an exercise bike, but I admit it does get boring. I live at the end of a 1/4 mile driveway that has a killer hill in it. I like to walk down and up a couple of times, but it has been as cold as 20 below recently. So, yesterday I took my pedometer and went to the University Mall and walked inside to get my exercise in for the day. I just have to keep mixing it up and getting creative. I don’t belong to a gym because I never seem to be near the same one more than once a week, so have never had much luck with regular attendance. Of course I recognize my resistance to simply scheduling the gym into my life……. but maybe that will be next.

Having just gotten over the worst flu I can remember of my adult life, I am grateful that the weather is warming up some here in Vermont. I am now taking my walking back outside. I can’t believe that I have been walking in an indoor mall with all the “old” people. Problem is, if I tell the truth,  I am one of those old people I had opinions about. Now that I am closing in on 60, and have been out of shape for close to 20 of those years, I realize what I thought would never happen, is a reality.

I used to think that if I ever got out of shape, it would be so easy to just suck it up and do what I needed to get it back. Well, not so much. I am here to report that I had no idea what it really is like to have a full schedule and a slower metabolism, not to mention joints that complain on a regular basis. I know that by getting back in shape, much of the bodily complaints will go away, but it is a much harder process than I expected…..and my ego doesn’t like it.