I've made a spiritual "resolution", but I don't want to focus on only one side of my triangle. To find and maintain balance, I am also making a physical "resolution."
I feel like each year I make the same "resolution" - lose weight, exercise more, eat healthy.
I always fall short.
Last year, I was rapidly losing weight because of the HG.
Now, my weight is holding steady, but I don't feel as good as I did a few years ago.
I think part of that is because I'm still recovering from HG, but part of it is because my lifestyle is different from what it was 5 years ago.
Five years ago, we were living in Provo and going to BYU. We didn't have a car, so I was walking everywhere. I was walking to and from campus several times a day. The terrain wasn't flat. Often times, I'd be power walking to campus so I would make it to class on time. I was on my feet and moving all the time.
Now, I am not nearly as active. I teach all day, but I'm sitting while I teach. J and I mostly hang out at home where there's not a lot of walking or moving around. My lifestyle is totally different. And I worry because I want to be able to keep up with J when he starts running around and I don't know if that's something I could do every day right now.
This is where I need to change.
I need to be active!
This doesn't mean I need to be running 15 miles a day.
It doesn't mean that I can't enjoy peanut butter M&M's once in a while.
I just need to get my bum moving!
I have resolved to set aside time in the morning to pray and meditate.
I am now resolving to set aside time in the morning to be active.
I love doing yoga. I enjoy walking and am getting to like running. I like to dance.
I can do yoga and dance in my living room. I can walk or run with J around the neighborhood.
I can do all these things.
And I will do all these things!
Whether or not my body changes isn't the object.
I just want to feel good again!
