A little reminder

The holidays have definitely been difficult. Chocolate and cookies and yummy goodies are everywhere!! I have certainly had a few cheats here and there. On Christmas Eve my wonderful boyfriend and I went to The Canyons to go snowboarding. I haven't been boarding since last winter and snowboarding was my first winter love. I used to LOVE to go camping, backpacking....ANYTHING in the summer and I hated everything about the winter until I was introduced to boarding. I was a senior in highschool. I have all brothers. I had no choice but to take up snowboarding. I remember waking up after boarding feeling like I'd been run over by a truck! So, Friday I went boarding for the first time this season. We went all day long and it was SO amazing! I loved every stinkin minute! I had a pretty bad spill towards the end of the day and woke up on Saturday with a huge bruise on my butt and guess what......nothing else. No soreness. No tiredness. No aches. No pains. I can only attribute this to keeping my body active and this is something that I have noticed for the past few winters since I began running long distances in 2005. I am rarely sore after doing some of the things that I love to do outdoors. I looked at this as a reminder as to why I sweat my arse off 6 days a week at the gym. It's because I love to snowboard. I love to hike. I love to run. I love to camp, backpack, snowshoe and I love to explore and I want to continue to do these things clear into my old age. You are as old as you feel and I never want to feel old. It is up to me to maintain a healthy vessel so I can continue to enjoy the things that truly bring me happiness. I want to enjoy these things with the ones I love as well. These are the things that I thought about when I didn't want to go to the gym tonight. And you know what? I had an awesome workout. :-)