Support

often comes from the people you least expect to be supportive.Such a wonderful surprise.  On the other hand the people you feel might be supportive, a cheerleader, because they love you, often just don't get it.

 *  Here is the conversation that took place today. . I was visiting with a family member  who said to me" How much weight have you lost"?.. I told her "30 something pounds" I am trying not to focus on numbers. Just being healthy.  She asked " how many lbs a week I was losing"?. I reply-ed" about 2 lbs a week".  She said "oh my no you really should be losing 5 lbs a week!  After all I did when I was on weight watchers". Thanks Mom your kind supportive words, means a lot.

I am blessed as I have a lot of friends and family that are very supportive Thank you, Thank you. . I know Mom is too in her own way i just wish she wasn't so focused on the numbers.

Exercise- I will admit that I get swept in the self talk telling myself  I have to much work to do or that I have  various aches or pains, some reason why it really isn't a good idea to exercise. My inner voice however is more persuasive as a result I exercise.I will give voice to the fact that yes once its over i am glad I did the workout..  I have it all planned out on paper. 3 days of strength training and 3 days of Cardio leaving me one glorious day off a week.

What I want to know is what do I have to do to get the endorphin high that everybody tells me you get from exercise. I have yet to feel anything other than sweaty, hot, with my achy muscles telling me that they are not happy with my behavior. The muscles usually have the gall to keep telling me for hours after I have completed a work out.  I do wonder if perhaps I need to experience a high of some kind to recognize what I should be feeling, this elusive endorphin high.I keep hoping with each workout it will get easier. So far that would be a no.

My favorite exercise is water jogging. I actually thought it was something I just kind of made up cause my knees are happy with out the effect of gravity. I went to log in exercise on (the web site that must not be named) and it was there. So I typed it into Google to see what their interpretation was cause I wanted to see if my idea matched with others. I wore ankle weights in the water(of course said weights were not approved for water), they were wrist weights I put around my ankles. After a little while the stuff inside that gave the weight started to leak rust, thinking that wasn't such a great thing for the weights or the pool, I gave the weights my thanks and put them to rest. When I did the Google search they showed a person jogging in the water with no weights. Guess that means they are not necessary. Yea.

Thanks for reading.......