{"id":176658902,"date":"2013-05-14T23:35:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T15:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adriennemichetti.com\/truth\/?p=176658902"},"modified":"2013-05-14T23:42:44","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T15:42:44","slug":"commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adriennemichetti.com\/truth\/2013\/05\/14\/commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m one of those “everything happens for a reason” people. It helps me make sense of the world, even if it isn’t true. I’m okay with that, especially after having read this fab book<\/a> about the psychology of belief.<\/p>\n

And yes, it’s true — I do think that most of the time you don’t know the reason something’s happening\u00a0while it’s happening.<\/strong> Often it takes years — or maybe even a lifetime — to make sense of an event, feeling, or circumstance.<\/p>\n

Well, I think The Boot (and its predecessor, The-Painful-Wrist-That-Turned-Out-To-Be-Broken-Arm) have happened to me for a reason — one I knew from the moment the fracture was discovered but have had a hard time articulating because it’s been difficult to admit to myself. That reason is to kick me in the pants and get me serious about exercise and health.<\/p>\n

And here is the funny thing — well, a few funny things. I miss exercise.<\/strong> I never in my life thought I’d say that, but damn …it is true true true<\/strong>. I said similar things when I sprained my ankle (yes, the same foot) in 2010, but that was more about me just getting from Point A to B while living in NYC. It wasn’t about movement beyond the necessary.<\/p>\n

This is different.<\/p>\n

Now, not only do I miss walking — which is really what I missed with the 2010 injury — but I also miss other things. I miss running — yes, it’s true. Not because I enjoy the actual act of running (I don’t… yet), but because I miss being outside and watching the sunset and the turtles in the reservoir and the squirrels and the lizards on the path. I miss running — and walking — through my neighbourhood to see “the regulars” sitting in the park or on the HDB void deck. I miss lifting weights in the gym — not because I like the cooped-up feeling of the gym, but because knowing I can lift weights makes me feel stronger and more capable. I miss going to yoga classes — trying new poses and challenging myself to strengthen muscles I had forgotten about, and balancing my body in ways I hadn’t thought possible.<\/p>\n

I miss moving.<\/p>\n

So here it is. I resolve that once I have 100% movement back in this injured limb, I will fully commit myself to a healthy lifestyle that\u00a0includes\u00a0exercise<\/strong>.\u00a0It’s clear that I cannot do without it. And, well… my bones certainly can’t.<\/p>\n

Goals:<\/p>\n

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  1. Running: 5K — this was one of my 2013 resolutions, but I’m not sure if I’ll get there before the year is through with this setback)<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Swimming: 1K — I don’t care if it’s not technically bone-strengthening! I feel better when I do it. (Though there is this new study<\/a>.)<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Weights and strength training: as determined by my health care professional (in the works) and my personal trainer (if she’ll have me as a client again!). Maybe some circuit training, maybe something different like basketball or tennis? I know this is my biggest weakness and that I will need to trust others to guide me.<\/li>\n
  4. Yoga: chatturanga 7x in one 60min session + Handstand for 1 full<\/strong> minute. I will have to work on my shoulder flexibility, as I think I have some arthritis developing there. I also read something today about how the best exercises to prevent osteoporosis are spine-strengthening exercises. I’m all about that!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I don’t have dates on these yet. I’m not sure I need to… yet. I just needed to write down what I intend to do. It makes it more real. I want to get out of The Boot so badly! It’s driving me nuts<\/strong>. I want to move again. Two recent fractures have frightened me a bit — and perhaps that’s not a bad thing. Perhaps that’s the reason they happened.<\/p>\n

    I’ve never been good at commitment, but it looks like fear (of falling, of breaking something, of dying, of pain) is a good motivator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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