And then, several months passed...

Several months in which fitness and health goals were not made a big focus.

So here we go...

Back from vacation, feeling super critical about the double chins and round tummies, and ready to get back on the bandwagon to feeling better.

Stepped on the scale--not as bad as it could have been, but a new starting place.  Logged back into eTools on Weight Watchers, and started tracking. 

Big Goal #1:25 pounds
Reward:  A trip to Olympus Day Spa...

How to get there?  Eat consciously, make better choices, move more.

Sounds so simple, doesn't it?

Back to the Battle (of the Bulge!)

So, I'm getting off to a really slow start. 
But I did go back to Weight Watchers today, stepped on the scale, and owned that huge, terrifying number.

It is what it is.  I have the tools, the knowledge and the ability to change it.

It's all up to me.

Tracker in hand, off I go.

Practice Makes Perfect?

It's Tuesday night and that means Tai Chi class in Ballard. I've been studying at Embrace the Moon for about two years (a little longer if you count the classes at work that got me started) and am totally enthralled. It's work. Don't be fooled by the mantra of slow, gentle movement. It's precise. It's deep and it's strong. It's the time I get to center on myself, my body, my being and how it relates to the universe. Well, that's the bigger picture. Sometimes it's just praying for my thighs not to give out, or trying to release whatever issuing my wrist feel wiggy. Sounds like hocus pocus sometimes, but I love it. I always feel better at the end of a practice, aches and all, than I did going into it.