Getting a solid workout in at the gym. After 18 months of either having surgeries or recovering from them I have greatly missed not just the physical, but also the mental goodness that comes from busting it out in a good workout. I live with depression and anxiety that I mostly control with healthy food and exercise with exercise being the thing that really helps with depression. 

 

Saturday was the first day in about 18 months or so I was able to really get something done and I left out of there on Cloud 9. Yesterday I stretched everything out, especially my shoulder, and rested and I feel great. I forgot how much I enjoy the sore feeling after a good workout. Sore is progress. Pain not so much. I look forward to getting back on a schedule so I can get back in shape mentally and physically. At 44 you don't come back from inactive periods like you did at 24 or even 34. Thankfully somehow my muscles have great muscle memory so I just have to focus on endurance and being patient so I don't undo all the work that went into rehab and recovery for my shoulder.

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