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I suspect NSV's go in "motivation & support" or "success" stories but this is neither. I'm not seeking support or motivation, nor have I "succeeded" at anything, but it is rather fitness related so I chose this section. Hope you can see why.

I've been focusing on stair workouts ever since someone on my FL said going up stairs for 10 minutes burns 200 calories. I liked the efficiency of that and also know stairs work the upper legs which is a point of interest for me.

So yesterday on an excursion to Universal Studios Hollywood they have super long escalators with some stairs next to them. After passively taking the escalators down and then standing in a long line I was getting fidgety. After enjoying the exciting and adrenaline pumping rides I was primed.

On the way up I told hubby I'm gonna go up the stairs and pointed to others doing it so he wouldn't get too scared about my confidence in proclaiming that he could see it's doable. He tried to discourage/warn me by saying "THEY can't even do it----and they're kids!" Noting that they were teens or early twenties.

I said, I can do it, calmly and upon disboarding the escalator at the next landing I quietly walked over to the stairs as he and my son reboarded the next escalator. I did the stairs in my usual pace and beat the escalator up...then I waited for him being silly, tapping my foot and staring at my watch.

His words said "What are you looking at your watch for we aren't late for anything" as if to negate what I had just done. His eyes said "Holy hell, I am just truly not dealing with the same broken woman anymore."

His silence later in the day when I decided to do this again with several flights continuously said the most. It said to me "I now have confidence in my wife and her healed body and will no longer worry or chime in with fears when she tells me she can do something. The time for treating her like a fragile piece of glass due to her injury is over." The end.