Lynn's In

A strange thing happened after I started writing regularly in the mornings: I began craving deep fried foods, didn't matter what kind; fish and chips, tempura, french fries. I would go through whole days not eating any veggies or fruit.

The other thing that happened was that I couldn't make myself go running anymore. Time wasn't so much the issue. Lack of sleep really wasn't the issue either. I just could not make myself go. It was as if all the willpower I had went into writing and praying, but that was it. Eating healthily? Exercising? No way.

So my small victory in exercising was that I called up Sarah and asked her if she would go running with me at lunch time, 2x a week, around Lake Merritt. It's good for me, my health, my friendship with Sarah. Good for me not to be so isolated, good to have a healthy interdependence. We've kept this up for over a month now, and the interesting thing is that I still cannot make myself go run without a friend. The only thing keeping me running is that I have to/get to meet Sarah.

All to say, I'm in on the WW wagon, but not sure of my specifics yet. I may give myself a wide berth, like make my daily point total 27 or 30 points - my main thing is to eat more healthily and stop using fried foods as a way to relax. Not spilling over the tops of my pants would be nice too.