When I first started to exercise it didn't feel very good. Admittedly, I was pleased I could manage it at all, but each class was accompanied by the odd ache or pain and I felt tired and a bit shaky afterwards. Now I'm comfortable that I can get through the class without too much difficulty and the heartburn has stopped. So I'm back to having a drink. However, something new has happened - I feel good. Not stronger or fitter particularly, the seven flights of stairs at my workplace still pose their usual challenge, but I do feel happier. This seems to be the first positive thing to come from my journey into fitness. I hadn't expected this and I remain slightly skeptical. Is this a genuine effect of increased activity or just coincidence? If real, the effect is mental rather than physical - nothing much has changed physically. This is not surprising since I've only been doing any exercise at all for a fortnight. I still weigh the same and have no hope of fitting into two of the three pairs of jeans I own (the third most be worn with a baggy top to avoid displaying an unsightly role of fat bulging over the waist band), but today I thought I looked better in my swimming costume. I don't of course, but I feel like I do. This is powerful deception and I attribute it to my happier state of mind.
As a consequence, I also want to exercise now. I'm still embarrassed about being middle aged, out of shape and a novice at karate, but I care a little less about these things.
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