I am about to leave for a 10 day vacation, so when I drop off the face of the earth, don't think I gave up.

OK. Big changes in this life lately.
Left my job.
Working for DH. My Hours; My Schedule.
No more excuses.

I no longer have to leave for work in a rush at 6:45am, and I have also lost the 90 minute commute each day (awww....)

So,
It is way past time that I really take control of my health. So far, I have started exercising again, and am trying very hard to make peace with the fact that after a year of no exercise I can not run a half-marathon; and after all of the stress of the past year these extra pounds are well earned.

My new attitude is built on babysteps. I just cannot change and undo 20 years of self-abuse overnight. If I miss a day of exercise, or eat crap, I have to get over it and not give up. It's not all-or-nothing. It a way of life I have to learn. So far I have:

Started exercising again. I walk for as long as it feels good, and have started to run again a bit at a time. So I can't run 10 miles at a time anymore, who cares?

Continued to eat as many veggies and fruits as I can stuff in me. I love them, and this is the best time of year, so why not?

GOALS:
get strong and healthy: keep walking/running and start using some hand weights at some point, or maybe go back to Tae Kwon Do, I loved that too.
run half-marathon again next May
lose 35 pounds in the next 8-10 months
Be a fit, happy, healthy, juicy woman by the time I turn 40 (July 2007)

There, I wrote it down!