My unofficial "editor in chief" and great friend A and I had one of our marathon lunches yesterday. We can sit and talk about kids, house, paint colors, fabrics, projects to-do lists, back to kids and back around the circle again for hours.
So she asked me "Are you really going to run a half marathon?" Um that. And no, at least not right now.
As it turns out, my niece invited my husband to join them in a princess run at Disney. I now have flashes of my 6'3" ex-football playing husband in pink tights and a tutu running towards Cinderella's castle. And yes, if you know him, you know he would do it.
So the mid-winter Disney weekend escape is out, and so is my motivation to actually run that race so I could join them.
But .... that little cholesterol issue hasn't gone away, so I had to do something.
And so Friday I joined Weight Watchers online. And now that I know how much food I should be eating every day, I realize I was seriously over-eating all the time. It's not surprising that my cholesterol noticed and started screaming "You need to change your lifestyle...NOW!".
And I am, in baby steps. The weekend was hard; yesterday was better. I'm moving more, because WW gives you extra points for activity, and points covert into food. And I really like food. WW also gives you lots of ideas for healthy eating and snacking, including recipes, which I hope will be baby step #2.
Because this mom isn't getting younger: I'm 47, raising an 8 year old (yes: 47 - 8 = 39 at his birth, but technically I was 38; I didn't turn 39 until he was 2.5 hours old). So he should be my only motivation, but I needed an extra kick, so WW it is.
And today I did run. Farther than I ran yesterday. It's not far far, but it's farther. Yesterday I ran from this tree to that tree; today, I ran a few trees further.
And who knows: maybe by spring, I can run a whole marathon full of trees.
And be healthy.
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