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So, the thing about exercising outside is that you run the risk of other people seeing you. As I previously mentioned, I try to minimize that as much as possible by doing my workout on a quiet back street (and the fact that I live in a very small town also helps).

Today, however, was the one day a month when the vet comes to the island. The vet sets up in Trish's house. Trish's house is on my (formerly) quiet back street! So today as I was huffing and puffing along, I definitely saw more people than usual. At first, I thought "oh no...this is embarrassing", because I'm still pretty sure my form is not great and therefore I don't look marvelous while exercising.

Then, though, something good happened. As I went by a friend of mine, she said Hi to me. Now this friend is in REALLY good shape. She goes to Turbo Kick and I aspire to be as fit as she is. So I said "I'm not as good at this as you are, but I'm trying!"...to which she replied "No - look at you! You're doing great!"

Now I know part of this was just her being nice...because I'm still pretty sure I don't look "great" during my workout. But most of it was her being genuinely encouraging. It was as if she were saying "So what if you're not that great at it yet? Good for you for just getting out here and doing it!"

Anyway, I really appreciated the encouragement. And I smiled through the rest of my workout. Which made it seem to go by faster. Which was really good!