This is HUGE!!!

I just got back from a run..

Go back and re-read that sentence.. I just got back from a RUN..

A little background (or a lot... whatever..) There was a time, not all that long ago, when I used to get up 4 or 5 mornings a week, and run.  Or jog.  Or wog.  Or woggle.. whatever.. I laced up my shoes and plugged in my music and hit the pavement for anywhere between 2.5 and 3.5 miles.  This was back in the good old days when my school started at 8:45 and I didn't have to get up in the middle of the night to get in a run and still make it to school.

Then they changed my start time.

Then I hurt myself.  I was working on increasing my speed one day and I felt this pain.. literally in my ass.. the chiropractor said it was the preformus muscle, and I just needed to rest it, massage it, and give it time.. Well, have you ever tried to massage your own ass? Sorry, but that's practically impossible, so I did the other two - rest, time, and stretching.  Nothing helped.  It got bad enough at one point that just walking hurt.  Then my hip started acting up too - which is from a slight but determined case of scoliosis I have.

So my running days were over. Made me sad, because I really loved that time with just me, my music and the sidewalk/street!!

I was happy to be able to walk without pain. So I've been adding some walking - trying to get 2-3 miles in at a shot.  And it's been going well so far.

Today, I just feel GOOD.  Hit the street with my water in one hand, my tunes in the other, and the urge to start trying a little running took over.. and it felt GREAT!  No pain. NONE....

Now, I know better than to go all weekend-warrior, so I alternated walking and jogging.. nothing fast, nothing too hard.. but just the same - I CAN RUN AGAIN WITHOUT ANY PAIN!!!!

I have heard a number of people online who are saying they refuse to exercise because they want to see what this PLEXUS stuff can do all on its own, and part of me gets that, but the other, wiser (I'd like to think) part of me knows this is NOT just about the scale, or the size of my jeans.. this is about getting healthy. Staying healthy.. and that means making sure my heart is healthy, my lungs are healthy, my bones stay strong while I enter this stage of life (Middle age - good lord, say it ain't so!!)

And while I will admittedly express frustration that the scale has not budged in 2 weeks, I can also say that I AM getting healthier from the inside out - and that's fantastic!!!  It is NOT all about weight loss - it's about health!!