Limbo

Don’t get excited, I haven’t been running lately. I just wanted to post this picture I took of my (I like to call it “my”) track over the summer with my Holga. I really wish I hadn’t put the line in the center of the shot, but I figured you might not be able to tell it was a track otherwise. Live and learn, I guess.

I got eleven rolls of film back the other day - a year’s worth, really. It was a Christmas present from my sister. The majority of the film didn’t turn out, but the ones that did, I’m pretty happy with. I’ve got them all up at my Flickr.

This photo pretty much sums up how I feel about not running:

I think I'm starting to gain weight again, though possibly it's premenstrual bloat. Either way, I'm paying better attention to actual hunger and just plain old boredom. I talked to my BFF of 20 years last week, and after I got off the phone, I cried. They were happy tears, though. I haven't seen her in seven years, and the way my life has been going lately (downhill fast), talking to her got me out of my funk. Not that I hadn't spoken to her in a long time, it's just that something clicked. We made a promise to each other that, no matter what, we would see each other in 2008. So that is my inspiration. Not that she won't love me if I'm fat, but I don't want to be out of breath and uncomfortable the entire time we're together.

For the past month or so, I've really been slacking off with the aerobic, especially since I haven't been running very often. Instead of doing a whole 20 minutes, I just do a five minute warm up. Well, not anymore. I kicked my ass today, aerobically and with my hand weights.

For breakfast I had Trader Joe's strawberry soy yogurt with a tablespoon of ground flax seeds, and for lunch I had a big salad and a vegetarian taco.

I admit, I strayed a little. I was recently turned on to these delicious S.O.B.s:



Expensive, yes, but an excellent holiday treat. I only had one today, so that's not too bad.

Oh, another thing I'm looking forward to: February! That's when Self starts their three month fitness challenge, and I always do really well on it. I need a bit of structure I guess, and I like being able to input my meals and workouts and seeing it all graphed out for me. The other good thing about February is: sweet peas! (The flower, not the veggie.) That's when my sister and I buy our seeds and get them started. 2008 is the year we sell some at the farmer's market, I just know it. She's going to grow half at her house, and I'm going to grow the other half up here. I just need to make some frames first.

So that's something to look forward to.

Sorry. I haven't been running, so you had to read all this other crap instead. The Weatherbug says it'll be 44 and sunny tomorrow, so I do plan on heading down to the track.

I'll be seeing you tomorrow, then!