Anxious! Anxious! Anxious!

Seriously. My stitches say "no" but my legs say "twitch.....twitch."

No working out for at least 2 weeks?!

The doctor says 6. The doctor also said I couldn't take a bath for 6 weeks.

The doctor is a weenie-pants.

But......I need to exert SELF-CONTROL.

Which is hard. Especially when everyone around me seems to be on a really successful workout kick.

You know, getting in good workouts and losing weight.

And then there is schlumpy me. Sigh.

Getting on that scale is going to be hard: no excuse anymore about how heavy I am!

I worry that I won't have the motivation to work out anymore, once I have the opportunity.
Will I have lost the interest? The motivation? The habit?

But, I can't start too early either. I need to remember what Hills Are My Friends said about getting back to running too early: she said it set her back.
That she started back a bit too early is a testament to how hard it can be not to work out. She is super motivated but also waaaaaaaay more self-controlled than I am about NOT exercising when she might injure herself or worsen an already-existing injury.
What I am really scared of is that it won't be a struggle not to go running anymore.
That it will be easy and natural to do nothing.
That is scarier even than imagining no workouts looming in front of me for the near future.

I Am No Longer an HOV

I Just Look Like One.
(NB: this is NOT about running. If you just want to read about work-outs, stop reading.)

And feel like heck.

I agree with Hills Are My Friends: marathon versus childbirth? Childbirth is harder, hands down.

I'm sure it depends on how weenie you feel or how hard it is: some people I know swear the opposite is true.

But, take it from someone who has kept running in a race while puking and who has collapsed after a run from pushing too hard: it does not compare.

Now, the recovery. I still won't be working out or running for a while. We will see if I decide to post on other thoughts/crosswords/occupations.

I might also post some about the more hilarious parts of this whole experience that no one really tells you about. I say, teach these tidbits in sex ed and there might be a large surge in "abstinance" teens.
Heh.

Whew.

Well, he might look like a generic old man. But, he is my generic old man. Heh.