Saturday, March 24, 2012

Return?

Okay, so on Feb 27 I went with my friend Eli to the gym and got in a 350 calorie work-out on the recumbent bicycle exerciser.  I didn't remember to blog about it, but I remembered to mentally keep track of it.  I intended to go more, but depression, illness, and the birth of a baby (my cousin's not mine - I'm not having one) got in the way.  I've been struggling with depression for a couple of months at least, but recently the flowers bloomed and my long-lasting depression lifted in some sort of cosmic alignment with the daffodils.  Now, I'd say I'm not at 100%, but I feel like the dark cloud of the winter months was scared away by all that yellow out in my front yard.  :) 
Today (read the 23rd, not the 24th) I went to the gym.  It wasn't difficult, I didn't have to force myself to do so.  I just thought, hey I've got time...  might as well get in a work out.  It was really that easy for me today.  I figured I'd better do as much as possible since I don't know how long it will be until I get back to it, so I spent 65 min on the elliptical and 45 min on the recumbent bike.  All-in-all I burned something like 760 calories.  :D 
I'm exhausted now, have been going all day.  In addition to the workout, I also had lunch with Jessica, helped my friend Eli in his garden and grow-room, helped my mom with some xeroxing, did a few hours of knitting, gave Shae a massage, and worked to rearrange/sort/purge/organize my kitchen a bit - it's been feeling unruly as of late.  I'd go so far as to say I'm on the manic end of my bipolar experience right now.  Hope I can temper it enough to not result in a huge crash/burn-out/etc.  I have a lot I need to accomplish in the next few weeks.

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