Niiiiiiice Abs
I have never been one to analyze my body. For the most part I've always liked my body. Due to my family's physical stature and CF I've been blessed with a long, lean body. I rarely look at myself in the mirror....naked. It's always been easy to be skinny and knowing that I've never wanted to look a certain way. This morning though my abs caught my attention. I have some nice cuts! I've always had strong abs and pretty much a flat stomach due to coughing and laughing. Now thanks to yoga and swimming I'm really beginning to develop. I have the indents at the top and the beginnings of the "pack muscles". I don't want a six pack but the lines around the area look really good. Then I've got the beginning of what my friends and I refer to as 'sexy lines'. The definition around your pelvic bone that goes down at an angle. This is really encouraging to see outwardly results. I'm on my way to being toned and fit looking. I might actually look athletic, I didn't know I had this potential! Now I'm going to go laugh at myself for admiring my body like this...
In the past couple of years there has been a huge turn around in the thought of exercise for CF patients. When I was a child, I was told to limit my activity to preserve my calories. Now it is recommended I become a super athlete. This is a lot harder than they think when for so long I turned down sports. I did dance a lot growing up so I wasn't a complete couch potato. So I'm there with the rest of y'all, increasing activity level. My fitness goal now is to build up my arms and strengthen my legs some more. I went on a great hike this weekend. It wasn't the trail my friend and I wanted to take, but it was entertaining. I'm going to try to increase yoga to 3 times a week and swimming 2-3 times a week. With this increase in activity I will need to increase my calories big time....I'm hopeful my appetite will kick in because I need something to motivate me to eat more again. Everything will start to come full circle. The increased activity will also aid in lung clearance, decrease infection and increase lung function. Oh gosh, I don't know if I can stay this committed. Maybe looking at my abs more often will help :)
In the past couple of years there has been a huge turn around in the thought of exercise for CF patients. When I was a child, I was told to limit my activity to preserve my calories. Now it is recommended I become a super athlete. This is a lot harder than they think when for so long I turned down sports. I did dance a lot growing up so I wasn't a complete couch potato. So I'm there with the rest of y'all, increasing activity level. My fitness goal now is to build up my arms and strengthen my legs some more. I went on a great hike this weekend. It wasn't the trail my friend and I wanted to take, but it was entertaining. I'm going to try to increase yoga to 3 times a week and swimming 2-3 times a week. With this increase in activity I will need to increase my calories big time....I'm hopeful my appetite will kick in because I need something to motivate me to eat more again. Everything will start to come full circle. The increased activity will also aid in lung clearance, decrease infection and increase lung function. Oh gosh, I don't know if I can stay this committed. Maybe looking at my abs more often will help :)