Don’t you love a great idea? I was pretty excited about my idea for Lent this year. I had become pretty sedentary (pre-coronavirus) and am still pretty unsure about my asthma. In order to keep my mobility, I decided to set a goal of 20-30 minutes of movement for 40 days during Lent.*

If you’re new here, asthma has been a new life change for the past few years. While I had exercise induced asthma while training for my half marathon in 2014, it became adult onset in December 2016.** With this great idea of mine, I was really excited to listen to my body on a daily basis while still getting some movement.

This goal began well and I had big plans for the next 40 days. I was excited to try new workouts - aerial yoga (shown above), Busy Philip’s favorite workout and as an aSweatlife ambassador, their monthly studio workouts.

In addition, I was looking forward to making new connections with other aSweatlife ambassadors and meet other #bodypositive bloggers at various workout events IRL.

My allergies decided to show up in early March, affecting my asthma directly and pausing my #40daysofmovement. Feeling frustrated with this, I crowdsourced the aSweatlife community on asthma experience. With advice from a few girls who told me that it takes time and to ease back into working out.

With the shelter in place starting in mid-March and my asthma still in full force, I decided to give myself some grace in the #40daysofmovement. Even though I did not hit all 40 days, I still listened to my body and was able to ease back into working out without any pressure.

Not exactly the results or experience I was hoping, but I did learn more about my body and asthma!

There is always next Lent for another #40daysofmovement! Will you like to join me?