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August 9, 2005

Searching for Endorphins

I know that technically exercise is supposed to release endorphins in our body and make us feel great but I’ve been searching for that high that everyone is talking about. I’m not sure that my endorpho-mechanism is working. Most of the time, throughout my whole exercise routine, I’m cursing to no end and afterwards I’m just tired.

This week I think I might have experienced it. I really needed it too, because I’ve been a bit sad about not being in NJ. The other day I was putting off exercise because I felt sluggish and down in the dumps, finally I decided just to start the tape, thinking I would half ass my way through it.

I closed my eyes, let the muzak run through veins, and really began to feel it. I channeled Jamie Lee Curtis’s character from “Perfect”. I exaggerated my “jazz hands” and before long I was repeating the chorus from “Flashdance What A Feeling”.

Bein's believin'.
I can have it all, now I'm dancing for my life.
Take your [Pants Off] (I know it’s “passion” now, but always used to think it was pants off)
and make it happen.

It was great. My eating and emotions have been iffy this week but my workouts have been great despite never wanting to start them. Once I do, my tempo picks up and I get totally into it and feel awesome.

Posted by hopeful @ August 9, 2005 9:00 AM