on the road again...

so, today i started running again...i don't know what happened from my fitness routine that was so great a couple years ago...well, i do know, but it's dumb...haha...so here's what i know...

a) getting in shape when you're (ahem...) "older" requires a major shift in your lifestyle...

b) wrapping your mind around the new lifestyle works wonders...also requires a new wardrobe to accommodate the new smaller "shape"...

c) once you're in "shape"...fit...feeling really good...DO NOT, under any circumstances, let up...slack off...or otherwise take a break in your routine...

d) caving in to c) as references above will, under ALL circumstances, lead to almost irreversible laziness...which in turn will lead to the pounds creeping back on...which adds to the laziness...which in turn results in having much more of a "shape" than you want to have...

e) reverting back to b) as referenced above should not take 2 years!...

so...2 januarys ago we decided to surprise my parents for the new year...it was fun...both my sisters were there...we just sat around and visited...and ate........(that'll come back up later)...everyone ooo'd and ahhh'd about my new "shape" and how much smaller it had become...at that point i was enjoying a size 6 and counting backward...the first day or two i didn't get on the treadmill...now, mind you - both my parents and my sister had one, so there was no inconvenience involved in using one...(insert more eating here)...by the time the end of our 6 days was up, i had not touched a treadmill, eliptical, or even put on my tennis shoes to walk, much less run...

i get home, eh...i'm not really worse for the non-fitness routine i had kept...didn't really notice any difference in my clothes...so i stay a little on the lazy side for that next week after we got home...oh wait...did i say the next week?...oh, i meant the next YEAR...i put myself back in the do-nothing routine so fast i didn't even notice it...i did, however, notice the clothes not fitting so great...little by little...but i had a few things from "previous days" so i just wore those...

ok, enough...fast forward to today...well, last week...laziness is tiring...now that i'm officially retired, being lazy takes up too much time in my day...so i'm back in a routine...working out...just started running again today...feels good...

we're going to birmingham again in a couple weeks.......i WILL be on the treadmill every day!!!...