That's all I can stands, I can't stands no more

I'm 40 years old.

I have 5 children, ranging in age from 23 to 2.

I have 2 grandchildren and one on the way.

My body hurts constantly. It takes me 30 minutes and two cups of coffee before I can even move in the morning without feeling achy.

I need to get in shape. I can't put this off any longer, my desperate hour has arrived. Over the long weekend I'll be cleaning out my exercise room, removing the clothes hangers that have grown over my home gym and stationary bike, and starting the process of getting my body back to good health. I'm fortunate in that I don't have extra weight to get rid of, but being thin and being in good health are two totally different things. I want first to *feel good* and lastly to look a little better. The difficulty is that there are no easy metrics to measure progress. How I feel is somewhat subjective, so I'll keep a running tally here with reports. The things I would like to see are:

1) Decrease aches and pains
2) Increase stamina
3) Physical strength (which will be easy to measure with weight-training)
4) Flexibility

I'll be combining weight training, bicycling (either stationary or fixed-gear), and yoga. I have no plan currently, but will come up with one by this weekend's end.

I wonder if eating me spinichk will make me strong to the finishk...