February 12, 2008

Today I am finally caught up on my blog. Since I had no internet access until yesterday, I wanted to post what I had written over the last nine days. The day was wild at school. Everyone was loud. I had planned on going back to Jazzercise this afternoon, but I may hold off because I am more tired than I thought I would be. In Houston I was told to listen to my body and not exhaust myself, but was encouraged to continue going to low-impact Jazzercise several times a week. The PT said that the aerobics is good and so is the stretching. The only thing I have to watch is the weight routine. I have been using six pound hand weights and she wants me to go down to three. Like most women I have that extra ten pounds that I had planned to diet off come the first of the year, but now since I don't want to lose muscle, I will just focus on eating healthy. For the first time in my life, I know now why God gave me such a muscular lower body. Ever since I was sixteen I have hated my legs because they were so much bigger than all the other girls who could wear shorts or skirts above the knee. Once when I had my body fat tested I was told that I had 15 more lean pounds than the average woman my height. Even though I am losing muscle with ALS, at least I have more muscle to lose. Isn't it funny how something you have thought was a curse all your life can actually be a blessing in disguise.