Starting Over

Well, I knew this day would come as I watched the daily temperatures go lower and lower. I knew I had to look at an alternative to my outdoor walks, which I love. So today I ventured to the eliptical machine that we have downstairs to get in my walking. A sobering experience too.

I knew it would be 'harder', but I didn't realize how quickly I would feel the burn in my legs. There's definitely resistance at work with the machine that isn't there with my outdoor walks. And I admit I didn't last more than 15 minutes - ouch! Me, who walks for over an hour outside!

So, after allowing myself some momentary feelings of defeat, I realize this is a new challenge and not to be compared to what I was doing before. And it's all good! This may actually be the next natural step to energize my activity level even more ... (if I say this often enough....).

So tomorrow I plan to fit in 2 or 3 short sessions - keeping each to 10 or 15 minutes and building up as I go along. I do feel like I'm starting over. Though maybe this is really one of those times where I need to realize I've taken many steps forward and this may just be a couple of steps back. I'm not starting over, just changing things up and giving my body some new challenges.