My (early) New Year Resolution

OMG! I just signed up for an organized race. Did I fall out of bed last night and onto my head? For those who know me personally, you know I am not Ms. Suzy Exerciser. Heck, my name is not even Suzy. I am not one who sticks with any exercise routine for long.

So, what prompts this big change? I stepped on the scale at the doctor office Monday and I nearly fainted. How do I weigh more now than I did when I was pregnant? Oh, yeah, probably the stress of a divorce, an out-of-the-house full-time job again for the first time in 10 years, the fibromyalgia flare-ups and the constantly close eye I have to now keep on my finances (not a bad thing, btw). No matter what the exact cause is, I have decided it is time to get moving!

Since the separation in 2008 my body has made an amazing comeback from the constant pain of fibromyalgia. Ironically, I am now more active (and happy) in my day-to-day life than I was before, but it is not exercise by any stretch of the imagination. So, I am taking this day to make my New Year resolutions—to one and all—that I am going to begin an exercise routine. I will start slowly so as not to injure myself. I will begin with walking, but if I can get to running I am going to do it! I have already started with a mile-and-a-half walk around the mall yesterday at lunch. I am going to do that three times a week building up to more and more miles.

At home, I am going to bust out that Wii Fit and work on muscle strength. I will get the kids involved, too, augmenting the mall walking with neighborhood walks that include the pups. A time to be fit and together could do us all some good! Maybe the boyfriend will participate with us (hint, hint).

I am signed up for the Martha Jefferson MJ8K Run and 4K Walk on March 13, 2010 as part of Team CHO. Of course, right now I am signed up as a walker—not sure the joints can take running, or if the fibromyalgia will flare up if I try, but I am no longer discounting it completely! Any tips from those who have been where I am would be extremely welcomed.

It is going to be a new year and a new decade and I am going to make these next 10 years the best I have ever lived! Hope they are for all of you, too! Good luck to all of you in turning your resolutions into realities.

—Terry