Hit the Ground Running

Let me start by giving HUGE props to the local and fabulous Ms. Melinda Doolittle from Brntwood who is definitely
W-O-M-A-N!!! I am such a pathetic Idol Junkie!

As I get older, (Oh how that word "older" just sticks in my throat!) I find that I have to keep pushing myself into setting goals to avoid becoming this huge, immobile blob of a person who does what she needs to do to get by - all the while barely noticing that life is indeed whizzing by. I don't want to watch Jonah go off on his own and then realize that I still have to do something other than take care of him. So, as I am still a "twenty-something", I am trying to commit to acting like one. Learning new things, trying new endeavors - y'know, all that stuff that used to just be second nature!

I am sure that I have bored everyone to tears talking about my quest to get back to the skinny gal who lurks somewhere inside of me. I know she's in there just dying to get out, but first I have to shed off the chubby girl who has taken residence for the past 5 years. Anyway, the weightwatchers is going really well. Slow, but well. I've really had to change my whole lifestyle and admit that I can't just eat whatever I want anymore. When I was 18, I could literally eat junk all day and night without gaining an ounce. Now, I have to fight to keep the ounces from hurtling at me with lightning speed! It's just sad to have to admit that, which I think was 80% of why I haven't been successful in the past with weigh loss. Blah blah blah . . . so I am 8 lbs down now (and counting!)

The new big endeavor I am trying is exercise. Not the typical go-to-the-gym-once-a-week-and -look-like-a-sweaty-fool type, it's more for real, goal-oriented. I am training for the Music City Half-Marathon in late April. The training schedule is pretty rigorous, but I have a great friend who does my 4-milers with me every other day, and these walk/jogs turn into some of the most engaging conversation I've had! It's amazing how much you can learn about someone by just walking beside them for an hour. I keep to the training schedule as much as possible not only because my boss is the person I am doing the marathon with and she will ask me if I have ran that day, but also I don't want to throw up in the street because I didn't train well. Yeah, puking in public is never ever cute.