Exercise after eating

I never before realized how important exercise in the overall scheme of weight loss. If I didn't exercise, I'd be gaining again for sure. For all the extras I eat - healthy and not - I need the exercise to offset those calories. In addition, exercise interrupts my brain waves when they start feeling sluggish (along with my body!) and tell me I should rest instead of moving so much. To heck with resting. I rest enough and need to exercise just as much as I need to rest. No-- more!

BWL (before weight loss) I found it more difficult to exercise for long periods of time, due to the extra weight. There was more to it, I now realize. I was always carefully checking to see if I could find a time to exercise that was at least two hours after eating meals or snacks 'cause that's what I had read was the proper way to do it.

Uh-uh, I say it ain't so! Waiting two hours is a big, fat Excuse which could lead back to a big, fat Me. Sure, I'm not going to take a 45-minute speedy ride on my stationery bike within fifteen minutes of eating. Without keeping such an eagle eye on the clock, however, I've found the time that seems to work for me. After eating I sit down to watch television or read a book. Within a half hour or so, I start feeling really relaxed and sometimes even sleepy. That's when I know I need to get up and start moving.

So far I haven't had cramps or otherwise suffered from exercising soon after eating. If it happens, I'll deal with it. Meantime, no more excuses, no more waiting two hours--which turns into three or four or never.

I want to share a BWL photo with you. It's what I keep posted in my kitchen to remind me where I've been and where I could end up again.

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