It was the first practice back at Judo last night. Good gosh am I super-weak. And inflexible.

Still, I'm joyous to have returned, even thought he absence was only three weeks, I had been unable to much prior to the Christmas break due to a fractured finger. Prior to THAT I had retweaked my knee (which had had a torn ACL) so I had been taking it easy seemingly forever.

It's obviously I had been 'taking it easy' in how out of shape I felt. The only consolation is I know from experience that keeping at it and giving it solid effort quickly pays dividends in improved performance. I'm seeing that at work with my stairs habit, going up the 5 flights of stairs to my office used to be a huffing and puffing inducing affair. Now I get up to the 4th floor before my legs start burning a little. My endurance is improving. It's amazing how quickly it happens. My total volume of no/low impact activities has gone through the proverbial roof, and I'm feeling it. Future habits to incorporate will include weight training, flexibility training, bodyweight gymnastics, etc. All those little good habits every day make a real difference.

Food is the important thing to be focusing on though. Diet soda, tea and water are the only approved drinks right now. Eventually I'll eliminate diet soda as well. I haven't touched food yet but I'm kicking around a habit related to food that might make it easier to eat right vs. just making a habit of not eating certain food. That doesn't make sense but maybe it will in the future.