The Day After...

“I don’t feel anything.”  Everyone in the car glanced at me waiting for an explanation.  Had sudden paralysis hit me?  Was I having circulation problems?  Had my leg fallen asleep?  I repeated myself and explained, “I don’t feel anything—no aches and pains from yesterday’s hike.  Usually, I’m aching all over.” I got a few muttered responses from the car, “Hmmm”  “Nice”  “Oh”.    It wasn’t a big deal to them, and really it wasn’t a big deal to me, but it had caught my attention.  2 months ago and 10lbs heavier, I had attempted the same hike and not made it to the top.  I was wondering if the loss of weight had made yesterday’s attempt more accomplishable….hmmm…I thought about this again at the end of the day when I found myself running in place while watching the premier of Selena Gomez’s new music video on Disney. Jogging in place, moving my arms, doing knee-ups… What was going on?  I had some extra energy I wanted to burn off… “Extra Energy??”  My mind was trying to wrap itself around this concept.  "Hey Johann, Wanna do an exercise dvd with me?”  “Sure!” Popped in the Abs Diet DVD and did the 25 minute workout.  I couldn’t believe  I was getting through the jump ‘n’ jacks** section.  Did I really just do the 60 second sprint without stopping??  Again, I hadn’t attempted this workout routine for a while, in fact, I was now probably 20lbs lighter since the last time I tried it.  Wow… losing weight sure does make exercise feel different.  This revelation may not mean anything to anyone else, but it’s something I’ve never experienced before…. I wondered to myself… could it be that one day exercise might be….easy??  “Nahh.” My brain quickly ruled it out, “Easier probably, but not easy”.
** Due to BCC, I had to do a jump without jacks..., that is, no hand movements due to hands acting as sports bra reinforcement...