Getting The Move ON

I love yoga but I also love the high that I get whenever I am done with a cardio thing. It gives you a healthier 'I can change the world!!!!!!!' feeling...best feeling ever. I don't get to do much cardio, to be honest, but I try my best. For personal reasons, running is not for me. I tried hiking but a nagging backache...well...but when it has got to be done, one's got to find a way, right?

So, I bought a bike so that I can force my kids to do it too. Many people earnestly warned me that the bike is going to turn into a towel holder, belt hanger, and just a nuisance wherever I eventually choose to place it.

It has been four to six months now and so far, we...well, I have put the bike to more or less to good use. Somehow, getting the kids to get on it is as painful as getting your molars out, without the painkillers.

Usually, during the middle of the day when my energy level drops tremendously, I switch the TV on or perch my laptop up on the sofa, load my KDrama just to get some cycling done. If I want the added bonus of wind in my face, then I can just pull the standing fan closer to me la. Make do, right? ^.^

And then I finish it off with a good measure of yoga and it makes me feel like brand new.

Don't you get that feeling too?

Anyway, discipline is one thing, cycling past the first five minutes is the hardest thing.

And the funny thing is that once you have passed the I-think-maybe-not-now-I-have-got-tons-of-things-waiting-for-me-to-do stage, you don't want it to stop. Every time I am near my goal, I will want to push just a little further. It's a good thing, right?

Finishing off a session of yoga is an added bonus. It is like you are filled with euphoria and then yoga balance and calms you down.

No wait, I actually finish off with a shower. THEN, life is complete.

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