Fitness Progress

I am so glad to report that my fitness level has gone up. Today in the evening on my way back home, the escalator at the LRT station was not in a working condition, thus commuters had no choice but to walk up or down the escalator, including me. Mind you the passage to the top of escalator to the train platform was steep. I grunted disapprovingly. I prayed inwardly that I will not disgust myself or the commuters behind me by lagging behind as I climbed the steep stairway.

Amazingly, I managed to climb up the escalator without much heaving or grunting. My breath was even and I was not totally out of breath. For a while, I did get tired as I neared the platform but I willed myself to breathe in and out and persevere by not changing the pace of my stride. Luckily I did not embarrass myself. Some of the commuters were not lucky as I heard them breathing hard and some were even out of breath. I did it, I grinned inwardly and outwardly, flashing my smile and beaming face with glee.

When I reached the town, I found that I was not an inch unhappy that I had to wait for the minibus to move. I thought only of the walk that I had to do to reach my home and this made me glad for I had some excuse for an exercise.

When I got home, I almost did not want to do further exercise. I was not even hungry but since my mum prepared some food, I ate this. After 1 hour in front of the TV and having enough of rest. I decided to change into my night clothes and thus begun to walk up and down the stairs. Although I could only do 5 mins of walking up and down the stairs at a time, I felt that I have been progressing well. I did few more walks on the stairs during intervals and at one particular time, I even managed to run up and down the stairs 12 times!

Yippee! I feel that my fitness level is progressing. I am not so much out of breath. Although I do know that I need to push myself more so I can test out my fitness.

I used to be the one who could climb SIX flights of stairs without panting. Even when my fitness level faltered, I only managed to catch my breath at the 5th floor. I was hardly floored like the rest of the people who tried to emulate me by climbing the stairs. Not bad for someone who is only 5 - 7 years older than them!

I am so thrilled of my run. I wish to do more but will not want to hurt my knees. Yesterday, I think I pushed myself too much or did the plie exercise wrongly. I am determine to run anyhow. I feel so good inside. I feel that my body is lighter and I am like a bird gliding. Oh.. what a good feeling it is :-)