Up the Mountain

Short post today, just got back from a week in Vermont. Because I didn't have to work, I had more time to have fun movement like swimming and hiking.

I went halfway up a mountain. My husband made it to the summit (He came back so tired, he couldn't even drive). Going up the mountain I came across people of all ages, sizes, and shapes. Physical fitness had more to do with getting there than anything else. Last year I was unprepared and only made it about a mile, this year I made four. (Despite a damaged tendon in my foot.)   Very few people hiking the mountain managed to do without pain and fatigue. 

So the moral of this post is this. Being thin doesn't make you automatically fit and being fat doesn't make you automatically out of shape. Exercise is important, we don't have to make it up the mountain. (Yes it would be awesome), we just have to make it as far as we can go.