Maybe not a habit yet, but definitely a roll

Well, crickets on Peterborough's end for posting... I will talk to myself again. :-) Paying for class worked! Outside of getting to mountain conditioning twice last week, I ran on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday (taking off only Friday and Sunday in the week). Saturday I ran the longest I've run since November, 70 minutes on the treadmill doing the entire deck for Gambler's run.

I'm feeling better... lots of aches and pains, which is good I think. I'm starting to get used to getting up in the mornings, hopefully this will get better with summer around the corner. I came down with a sore throat and the beginnings of a cold yesterday, so I took today off to get back at it tomorrow.

All in all, I haven't reformed my exercise habit but I'm on a decent roll. I like this article about exercise habits. 30 days to form an exercise habit, I'm about a week and a half in. Much of this stuff we all know, but need a reminder or nudge along the way. I've been talking about losing the last 5-7 lbs for so long that I'm sure everyone is ready to kill me. That last few pounds, plus the stupid chin up that eludes me. Last year I set out to lose 10 lbs and set a date, and reached it... maybe later than I wanted to but I still got there. I set out to run the marathon, and with a plan and training and a set end date, I did that. So what date to choose, that is reasonable?

There is this "White Party" coming up some time in May. Basically you have to wear all white. Honestly, this is some mean joke played by really skinny and beautiful people. Nobody actually looks good in white. Especially white pants that show every ripple of cellulite. I have one pair of white pants that fit when I moved to Seattle. Haven't fit since... at one point I was 17 lbs off from white pants days, today it's more like 7 lbs. Maybe 10 lbs if we're being honest. I can't buy another pair of white pants, I have a perfectly good pair locked away in a storage bin under my bed... one of those things I keep holding out for and haven't been able to give to Goodwill.

I'm trying to track down the date of the aforementioned White Party. If it's the last week of May, that gives me about 6 weeks to lose 5 lbs. Urgh, I'd have to give up my one a day cookie habit. And probably cut back on the drinking. I'm so happy though, maintaining steady state with my two favorite vices in tow... ain't nothing in life that's free I guess.