ok.. i'm trying something new on this blog... i've been taught how to add all kinds of different page elements to my blog... links to friends blogs, polls, even pictures and things.
i'm starting slow :P i did create a poll, and add a couple of links to blogs. i'd like to link more of my friends blogs here.. but wanted to make sure it was ok with them before i did it.
this week has been a roller coaster. starting one week ago when my purse was stolen and my car broken into.. then recollecting myself, and dealing with the fears and worries that come along with being robbed.
on wednesday i hit a new fitness goal i've been working for... i'm not giving numbers anymore.. cuz they really aren't mile markers that i'm working towards. my goal is not to be a certain size or see a certain number on a scale, but those things are indicators to my success so that are very tangible.
one thing i've realized thru this whole process is that each and every day the changes are so minor that they are easy to over look. losing a pound, walking an extra mile, going to a certain number on the scale... all along my body is adjusting, so it just doesn't feel that significant. through my eyes, i look very much the same as i did 8 months ago... until someone shows me a picture and i can put it directly next to a picture taken recently.
well on thursday of last week i walked 8 miles... in just under 2 hours. typically 3 miles an hour is a pretty good clip.. gets my heart pounding and keeps the sweat trickling down my face. i have a friend who does a 15 minute mile.. while walking (i don't jog or run) so she kept the pace and we had a blast.
to some people this may not sound like anything remarkable, but then again...you have no idea how much of a change this is in my life.
on thursday after the walk, i had a chance to get away. i do love my family... they are everything to me.. even if i want to shoot my kids to the moon sometimes... BUT it feels SOOOOOOOO GOOOD to get away without them sometimes. i spent thursday doing things that i love, and being with people who i wanted to be with.... friday we did a bit more.. and then were able to have dinner together one last night before everyone had to return home.
so after a wonderful few days away.... i came home to a phone call that one of my dearest friends is very ill. her husband recently passed away, as did her mother and her sister.. and now she is left to deal with this illness... she is one of the most wonderful people i've ever met. she has a very positive attitude and with the love and support of her friends will hopefully overcome this.
on to the roller coaster again.. this morning i had a music thing.. and after playing... my only thought was... this is the feeling that led me to become a musician. knowing i've played well.. and that people who heard me felt something..... because of the music.. its just an indescribable feeling.
now its sunday afternoon... i'm about to head to the gym... yes the same place at the same time where i was robbed last week. i haven't been back to the gym since then. i almost went several times this week, but i got weirded out and ended up walking, or riding my bike instead.
enough is enough...
swimming is one of the very best ways i've stayed on my fitness program and i'm not letting some asshole crooks take that away too.. so... i'm off to the gym ;)
1 comment:
Even without seeing those numbers, I've seen you make a lot of progress on your weight plan, its really impressive. 8 miles in 2 hours are quite impressing, I allready told you that Malcolm and I will have troubles to keep up :)
Sorry to hear about the illness part, hope she will be fine soon again.
And you are a great musican. Have fun swimming :)
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