Well, I've been absent for a really long time.  So many things in my life have changed since then, that I can't even begin to cover them all, so I'm going to treat this as starting over.  Unfortunately, my discipline and focus have become nearly non existent, and I've regained most of the weight I worked so hard to lose.  Accountability has also been seriously lacking, so that's where you come in.  I'm not currently working, so there is no good excuse for my inactivity.  Things have been very busy this summer.  My son graduated from high school (I'm still trying to wrap my head around that.), we took a vacation, my son turned 18 yesterday, and I'm leaving on Saturday to visit my sister and her family in Utah for 10 days.  All of that aside, I've got to get myself back on track.  I'm inviting you to come along for the journey.  As before, this blog is not exclusively about fitness, but about my journey through life.  I'll be sharing milestones, favorite products, and lessons learned.  I hope you'll join me.  Life is always better with good company :)

Inspiraton=Responsibility

I've reached the point in my journey where people have started viewing me as "successful".  Its not uncommon now for me to be told by someone that I inspire them.  That they stayed on the treadmill when they wanted to quit, that they're beginning to make changes in their diet.  It always excites me, and I'm so thrilled for them.  Let me be perfectly transparent, though.  I don't feel like a success.  I'm still fighting to drop another 30 pounds.  There are so many days when I don't want to get off my couch and exercise.  Days when my runs feel like epic failures.  I guess in my view, a person who is inspiring hits their goal without setbacks, wants to go run instead of doing it even though they don't, never falls off the wagon. That's probably not the case at all.  It just looks that way from the outside.  In essence, being told I've inspired someone inspires me.  It makes me want to do better and to do more.  As much as I don't want to fail myself, I want even less to fail someone one else.  So it turns out being someone's inspiration is a big responsibility.  Thanks for making me want to keep going.  I'm not quitting on me, and I'm sure not quitting on the people looking at my story with hope for their own.  Just keep  moving forward!