Overdoing It ...Again

Dearly beloved,

A great line I heard once was, "Moderation in all things, even moderation," which means, of course, at times we do too much. Sometimes we know that we're overdoing it, other times it's only when we wake up the next morning that we really pay the price.

I've been pushing myself with exercise, doing longer and longer Zumba workouts each week - trying to get my fitness, my stamina back. It helped this week when I discovered that I have free access to the Zumba app. Unlike the Instructor workouts I get regularly, these are more designed for newbies, so they have a lot of encouraging whistles and bells and A LOT of pep talk. I really enjoyed it. Sometimes I forget, that even though we've been doing things for years, we can use a bit more encouragement.

Anyway, I didn't overdo it with the Zumba (this time). I was actually feeling more energy yesterday and overdid it with the decorating at my mum's house. All day, I kept thinking, "Wow, I'm still going." I really didn't expect to get everything I had planned done - but... I even went for a quick swim on the way home. But then when I tried to stand up and get off a bus stop earlier on the way home, my legs said no. Luckily I did manage to get up at my stop and get home, but it was a bit of a reality check!

I guess what I love about Zumba is that, when I try to go to my limit, I am already home, I am next to the shower and food is usually waiting (as is my bed) - it makes it that much easier to do my best.

But overdoing it is part of the process (as well as underdoing it). Sometimes we find our limit and, like me with the decorating, I resolve to only do a few hours at a time from now on. Sometimes, like me and my Zumba workouts, I know I am pushing back my limits when I go to the very ends of them.

Lots of love, Pearl

P.S. I've been releasing some Shorts on YouTube - clips from my new series of videos - and they've been getting very popular -?check them out here.??

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