Exercise
I just saw another advertisement for a product that allows to you lose weight without exercising or changing your diet. Really?? How is that possible?? To be honest exercising and changing your diet is a good thing. Saw a news story this morning saying that a study has shown eating “super processed” food results in eating about 500 more calories than one ordinarily would. What would be bad about changing that?
But what I want to address is exercise. Why does it evoke a negative response in people? Almost as if it is a punishment. Is that “leftover” feelings from high school gym class? Don’t know.
I have always exercised. My first foray into exercise was a magazine article titled “Six Week Exercise Program” which I faithfully did as written and illustrated. At the end of six weeks I just stopped. Pretty dumb. I was in high school and didn’t know any better. That was not my last venture into the exercise world. I have done cassettes, classes, DVD’s, and joined gyms over the years. Some years I have been more consistent than others, but I never completely stopped.
Have I always been thin? Nope, mostly I have been very overweight. That is because of my diet, not my lack of exercise.
At this point I work out and strength train 5 or 6 times a week plus walking 10,000 steps a day. I have also managed to lose 50 pounds. Since I have lost weight my love for exercise is even more intense. As the pounds went away, I could feel my bones moving. That was so thrilling! I had to get a poster of the human skeleton so I could see what I was feeling. Then came my muscles. I feel them too! Also thrilling! Now I have two anatomy posters on the wall.
The point I am trying to make is that the purpose of exercise is to increase or maintain your range of motion. Sometimes I am doing a move and I think: “Oh ya, I can reach above my head and put stuff away or take it down with no problem”. I love feeling strong and capable.
