This morning’s walk was perfect—cool, dark, calm. I woke up rested and felt great. I do feel a little like I’ve been pushing myself this month, and I’m trying to be cautious about that. I always worry about going too far. I’ve been feeling like my whole body has built up a bit of pressure following my morning walks…I’m not sure if that makes sense. It’s like I’m straining everything. It’s not bad exactly, but I’m also not sure why it’s happening. I actually might describe it as the feeling of asthma, but in my entire body, not just my lungs. I don’t know if that is making sense. I’m sure something is going on that explains the feeling. From my brief research, my best guess in delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), but there is no real pain involved. It doesn’t seem to be an injury, so for now I’m not going to worry about it. I’ve been feeling it since my extra long walk on Thursday. I’ll just keep paying attention to what my body is doing and act accordingly.
I’ve now lost 160 pounds. That is wild to me. I don’t know how much weight I have left to lose, but I can see it being anywhere from 50 to 90 pounds. I’m just amazed at how quickly I’m talking about such small numbers I still need to lose. It was not that long ago that I had stopped believing in my own capacity to accomplish anything, but I just don’t feel that way anymore.
[Walk #114]
