Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:31 pm
Hi,
I am one of the people who is afraid to exercise for fear of dying. I ran cross country and track in high school ten years ago and ran a 5k in 2002. Shortly thereafter my anxiety came back and I became very afraid of exercise.
I am a very black or white thinker. Normally I would think, "well, if I'm not going to run or walk at least a mile, there is no point in even doing it." Today I went maybe a half mile, and I even ran part of it! Then my kids wanted to walk with me, so we went out again and our neighbors saw us walking and invited us over for brownies!
I started getting nervous wondering how I would say that I can't eat a brownie because of the anxiety (she doesn't know about it). I simply said, "I don't think I will have a brownie although they look really good. I'm trying to stay off of sugar for a little while to see if it helps me feel a little better balanced with blood sugars." She was fine about it and I don't think she was offended.
So I exercised today and ate right AND I was assertive. Wahoo!
Ocean
I am one of the people who is afraid to exercise for fear of dying. I ran cross country and track in high school ten years ago and ran a 5k in 2002. Shortly thereafter my anxiety came back and I became very afraid of exercise.
I am a very black or white thinker. Normally I would think, "well, if I'm not going to run or walk at least a mile, there is no point in even doing it." Today I went maybe a half mile, and I even ran part of it! Then my kids wanted to walk with me, so we went out again and our neighbors saw us walking and invited us over for brownies!
I started getting nervous wondering how I would say that I can't eat a brownie because of the anxiety (she doesn't know about it). I simply said, "I don't think I will have a brownie although they look really good. I'm trying to stay off of sugar for a little while to see if it helps me feel a little better balanced with blood sugars." She was fine about it and I don't think she was offended.
So I exercised today and ate right AND I was assertive. Wahoo!
Ocean