A happy day :)

A couple of months ago when I had just started to feel better some of the time, I went for a bike ride. It was a ride that a year ago was my "easy ride". It took just over 30 minutes, and it is just a little out and back. I used it on days that I was going to weight lift or just didn't feel up to a full 60 minutes of cardio.

This particular ride a couple of months ago was pure torture! I had to put my bike in one of the lowest gears plus it took about 45 minutes. I was devastated. I came home pissed off, crying to myself, disgusted with myself, not giving myself one little break for being sick for so many months. I can be pretty mean to myself. Anyway, that was the last time I rode it for at least another 6 weeks just because I was so mad at how out of shape that I had become. Geez! Really?! I couldn't come to grips with the fact that I needed to start out slow, and that my fitness really would come back.

Fast forward to today. I rode just over 8 miles today with two giant hills that were done twice (it's an out and back route). I stayed in a pretty high gear for most of the ride. It was hard, but it was doable, and I felt amazing when I finished. My fitness level is close to where it was last February. I still have a lot of weight to lose, but I feel better knowing that I can work out hard again.

I would call this another non-scale victory! Woot!