Three incredibly happy changes I noticed after going out

My body has been stiff my entire life. I wanted to fix it, so since I was a student, I've studied dozens of stretches, therapies, and the mechanics of the body, but I couldn't improve it.

That was until three weeks ago.
I suddenly thought, "Could all my ailments be because my rib cage is stiff?", and I started moving and loosening my thoracic spine.

For the first time, I felt my body responding to being loosened,
and it's been about three weeks since I started loosening my thoracic spine, hip joints, pelvic floor muscles, and hip joints.

I went out today and experienced these changes!

1. I can eat meals with pleasure
I'm a light eater, and eating itself is the type of thing that requires energy for me. If it's too cold, too hot, or I'm too tired, I can't eat heavy things like rice, so I tend to snack on small, high-calorie things like sweets (because they're light).
I often couldn't finish meals when eating out, but lately, my body's range of motion has increased, and I feel like I'm getting hungry.

Today, I finished the ramen at the restaurant without leaving anything, and I was happy to have eaten it all deliciously!
It's not that I'm less tired of eating than before, but rather that I can eat with pleasure.
This is, in fact, a truly life-changing shift for me.

2. I don't get tired easily while walking
When I stand or walk, my legs have to work hard and get tired.
A long time ago, a chiropractor told me, "Your glute muscles are asleep, so your legs are doing all the work."
So, I studied various healthy walking styles and even went to workshops to try them out, but I couldn't really achieve a fundamental improvement.

But today, even though I walked quite a bit, my legs felt light.
Maybe my center of gravity changed, or maybe it's because I've been loosening my hip joints—I think it's both.

When I stand, I feel stable.
But I'm not bracing myself.
When I walk, my legs move forward smoothly, so I can walk faster than before, and I actually want to walk.
It feels like my legs are moving from deep within my abdomen rather than from the base of my legs, and it's not painful.

It makes me think, was walking this easy for people who aren't stiff?

The habit of leaning on one leg while standing had also disappeared.

Because I had a way of walking that tired out my legs, I didn't walk fast either. Today, my boyfriend, who was with me, felt slow, so I was pulling him along, saying, "Hurry up!"
But apparently, that was the speed he was matching to me before.
Since it feels like my legs are coming from my abdomen, walking with a brisk, smooth stride has become more natural than walking slowly.

3. I want to stretch frequently
This is something I've never experienced before, and I noticed it immediately.
I want to stretch once every hour or two.

When I'm in the car, my posture gets stiff, so during bathroom breaks, I stretch out or just stretch whatever part feels like it needs it at that moment.

I'm starting to feel, for the first time, that if I don't do it, I feel uncomfortable, or that it's painful to keep staying stiff.

When I move my body frequently, it feels like fatigue doesn't accumulate as easily, or rather, it feels like it gets reset.
And when I got home, I immediately started stretching as much as I wanted! (Surprising)

Until now, I would just collapse from exhaustion.
Stretching actually relieves my fatigue.

Stretching, which used to be a painful chore, has now become something I do voluntarily because it feels good!

All three are incredibly happy changes.
I will continue this and keep observing how these changes feel.