Are you there yet?

This is funny, well it made me laugh and then giggle to myself several times.  If you could see me right now I'm still giggling.

I had a friend send a text message to me last night.  She wanted to know if I enjoy exercise now.  She said, "you know how people say that they really enjoy exercise after they've done it for awhile. I was just wondering if you are there yet?"  HAHAHAHAHA, this is where the laughter began.  And this was my response.  "LOL, no not really, I only enjoy it when it's over."

I've been exercising, well jogging since the end of May.  That's a good solid 4 months.  They (not really sure who "they" are) but "they" say that it takes about 3 weeks to break a habit or 3 weeks to start new habits.  Has jogging become a habit?  I don't think so.  Do I jog because I like it?  NO, I do it because I want to get healthy.

I guess you could say that jogging and I have a love/hate relationship.  I love the idea of being an athlete, jogging out on the open road with the wind in my hair and a smile on my face, having this time to shed the stress from my body and just go with the flow and run all the worries away.  This is what I picture at night before I go to bed.  This is how I want to feel when I wake up in the morning.  Excited to exercise!   But that ain't the way it goes sister!  There's no wind, I wish there were, then maybe my hair wouldn't be matted to my face and scalp.  There's no smile, it's all I can do to breathe without hyperventilating.  The only stress is the 5K that's coming up this weekend.  Now with that being said.  I don't hate  jogging.  Once I get the first mile in, it's really pretty easy.  My head and I have to have several discussions about quitting and continuing until I hear the cue that I've gone 1 mile.  Then the head decides it's a losing battle and shuts up.

The thing that I love about jogging is when it's over!  hahaha, that's not exactly what I mean.  It's a feeling like I've never had before.  I've done something that not too many fat girls do.  I feel proud of myself and I like myself for jogging.  So, Am I there yet?  I don't know!

But I think when people say they love exercise, I don't think it's the physical act that they LOVE!  I truly believe it's the feeling they have about themselves after the exercising is over.

Last week I posted a video on facebook.  I usually talk about my jogs in my facebook support group Healthy Choices & More!!  But instead of typing, I decided to talk.  This was taken just minutes after jogging. 

I hope you enjoy the video.