the clean continues

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Another couple of clean days gone by and I've even managed some exercise. It wasn't a pretty sight. My 120kg body has a strong memory of what it could do at 85kg and gym-fit, and forgot to adjust for the extra blubbiness factor.

I was doing my best to follow a DVD program when my legs simply gave way and I collapsed in a slow motion heap on the floor. I'm sure it would have been the funniest spectacle, I flayed about and tumbled, somehow simultaneously banging my knees and falling on my backside. The entire movement was reminiscent of one of those mechanical contraptions where it starts with a ball-baring rolling down here, which tips the cup over there, which then hits the cog thing somewhere else and eventually that tiny first movement crescendos into the big whoop bang crashing finale; only instead of the ball-baring and a bunch of mechano, there lay a fallen Disney dancing hippo.

I sat on the floor for a moment and then like a toddler, in shock about what had just happened, I bawled my eyes out.

But what happened next is no doubt the reason I've been flying high ever since: I walked my knees out to loosen them again, changed the DVD to a simpler program, and knocked off a 30 minute workout. 'Course in it's evilness the darn new program would have the very same exercise that had me flying in the first place, but I managed to take it easy and make it all the way through.

When I awoke this morning all my muscles gave me that reassuring scream of post-workout glory, read: pain! Muscles that had forgotten they even had a purpose in my body are now smugly letting me know they exist.

It's a small step, but so very very huge in its significance. Thank you for sticking through it with me, and giving me your support.

3 comments:

Danielle said...

I don't think I have ever related to anyone food-behaviors wise as much as I have with yours. Whenever I have read of your binge/purge behaviors they have reminded me so much of my own.

Many have suggested that I have surgery, but physiologically it would be a terrible choice because of my past with purging. Especially the lap-band because of the easy trigger to vomit up food...

Anyway. It looks as if you have that figured out.

I am glad to see you back, and just know that I empathize with your struggles.

Anonymous said...

well done Ani on getting up & getting back on with it!

glad to see you back posting more regularly. I've missed you!

ani pesto said...

@Losing Waist - and I yours. Thank you for sticking with me and for understanding.

@AlleyCat - aww thank you