Long Road Ahead

Today was my first day back at the gym since I was about....hmmm...let's just say the last time I was at the gym, Carson looked like a tad pole, swimming in amniotic fluid. I am not the picture of physical fitness I once was. Okay, fine. I was never the picture of physical fitness...but I did used to be in WAY better shape, and have a far lower number in the back of my jeans. One day at a time Arika, one day at a time. It just amazes me how quickly one can lose their endurance, or "fitness", or whatever it was that allowed me to be on a treadmill for more than 30 minutes at a time many months ago. But tonight, 30 minutes was about all this ol' gal was able to muster. I did also do a little bit of work with free-weights, but it was nothing to get excited about. Just checking to see if the old muscles were still there. They are. In a much weaslier form. I am going to stay positive, and try to go to the gym, or walk a few times a week, every week. I'll work back up to where I once was. It just might take another entire gestation period....just hopefully not one of an elephant.