It's Not Too Late

This morning as I stepped out of the shower I took a rare glance into the mirror and made a startling revelation. A moment of clarity as the "experts" say these days. As I glanced back for a second peek, what was revealed to me was that "it's not too late". Not too late to reverse the last five years of not so healthy eating and irregular exercise. My oldest daughter turns ten and my youngest turns six this year. There is also a middle daughter who turns eight. So I say the last five years since I can no longer claim baby fat as that baby is now in Kindergarten.
During these past years I would go in spurts of ensuring my vegetables made it through the orifice into my digestive system. I would also go months on end, usually during the summer, of exercising on a daily basis. What I would not do is make it years on end. I have finally come to the realization that my tastes have changed and what I loved doing at a younger age is not so enjoyable, physically or mentally, at an older age. The old adage "use it or lose it" does hold true. I see it in my mother who turned 70 on her last birthday. She does what she needs to do, but she can't do all that she wants to do. I also believe she stopped getting out there because she was and is embarrassed of how she looks. And so, now, I know that I just need to keep moving, in some fashion. I'm going to put myself out there, as is, to get it off and to keep it off.

Better Photo

I found this web site, Better Photo, after researching the Internet and found a photographer I knew publishing her pictures. It is an extensive web site with many photographers putting their pictures out there for display. One day last January, after surviving a dull winter's day, I discovered Australia during its summer. One could travel the globe through this web site, from the comfort of a recliner.

On another note-- my calves hurt from painting today. Shoes might have helped if I had thought about that this morning and not now after the fact. My kitchen is being replaced and I painted the walls "Peach Marmalade"--a deep yellow, but yellow nonetheless--my favorite color, much to my husband's dismay.

A more stringent workout program is on the way- it has to be or I'll never be able to enjoy retirement which is fourteen years away.

Change is on the way, I can feel it!

Bonnie Hunt

I have manipulated my blog a bit and added a website. I attempted to add more, but I am still on the upward trudge of the learning curve. Bonnie Hunt has her own talk show and web site. I love watching her show. She is self-deprecating to a fault and modest, at least on television, to no end. If I ever am feeling low I watch her (after recording the show on the dvr) and within minutes am laughing at some comment she has made.
After some thought I also decided to post a "pre" picture. Only my face shows, but it is enough for me to gather momentum toward my goal. The picture is from a vacation, during which when my weight gain had become apparent to me when I could not hike as easily as I once did. Ugghh.

Hopeful

I made a few New Year's Resolutions- not many- but a few. I did not resolve to lose any weight. I did, however, make it a goal. Before I turn forty-one I intend to be at my college weight. More importantly I want to turn around on the path on which I am currently headed. My mother was thirty when she gave birth to me and I was thirty when I gave birth to my first born. I can see my destiny on a daily basis and as of late have realized it will become a reality if I do nothing. I have gone to meetings in the past about weight loss. I realize they have done nothing more for me than make me accountable to another. There are those who do need extensive help in losing weight, they do need contact with others to aid them. I am going to be accountable to myself. I have researched the website http://www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/index.html and am going to follow its guidelines. With the aid of another website, http://www.my-calorie-counter.com/calorie_counter.asp, I'm going to track most of what I do in this quest. Follow me in this journey. Let's see what happens.

Just a Test

This is my first attempt to blog. I turned 40 a few days ago and with my birthday money bought the movie "13 going on 30". I love Jennifer Garner in this film. What it would feel like again to be 13. Just wondering.

Photos from 13 Going on 30