After a long time away from this blog, I revisited it today. I decided to delete my previous four posts (written over a two year period) and begin again.
I am heavier than I've been in a long time. Some of the symptoms of my autoimmune diseases have returned. It's been a crazy couple of years and I'm ready for a fresh start.
So today I begin again.
In less than a year I will turn 65. I've already decided on my birthday present. A healthy, vibrant, vital, energetic, fit body. A body ready and able to go into my last stage of life. I want to be one of those elderly women who still turns heads, not because she necessarily looks younger than her years or would be considered a "beauty" by society's standards, but because she has come into her own. She is comfortable in her skin.
How many women at any age can say that we are comfortable in our own skin? I know I can't. Never could. I want to change that and change it now.
I am making a promise to myself here. I am going to be honest. I'm not going to pull any punches or make this easier for myself or anyone else to read.
I want to release close to 35 pounds and do it before August 16th. I want to rid myself of the aches and pains and inflammation I currently feel. I will not accept that a medicine cabinet full of drugs is what we have to look forward to as we age, or spending untold numbers of hours in doctor's offices.
There is too much I still want to do for that to be my future -- like hiking the trails around Yachats, walking the beaches, and making love with my husband.
So today I begin again. I'm not where I want to be health-wise or body-wise. But on August 16, 2014, I will be.
