Let's Get This Started

I'm having a belated mid-life crisis, although, maybe not that late. I certainly plan on living past 80 just to spite my father-in-law, and I'm sure he will make it to 110 just to spite me, but I digress...

I find myself staring down the big 5-0 while looking back, wondering where the fun, fit girl from the big 3-0 went. Oh, she went plenty of places; preschool play dates, PTA meetings, school field trips, grocery shopping, volleyball, softball & little league games and practices. She was well traveled. But she never did travel back to the office, and very rarely to the beauty salon for a haircut or manicure. Daily gym workouts had been replaced by carrying groceries and repeatedly climbing the stairs with baskets of  laundry. I'm sure many women can relate.

Would I trade a minute of it? No way, I'm glad I was there for my kids. But now that I have one heading off to college and two not far behind, I think I deserve a little me time. Here's the kicker, I'm just not sure who that "me" is anymore. That statement just scares me. I used to have a clear picture of what I wanted out of life, and now that I've lived a good chunk of it the picture is rather hazy. I'd like to say it's time to do some deep soul searching, but let's face it, I'm lucky I can remember what I had for dinner let alone do something so reflective.

A wise man once said "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing" and that's just what I'm doing. Thanks Walt! Instead of trying to do a complete overhaul, I've decided to implement one change each week. Most changes will be for getting fit (because that needs the most work) and a rather large change, that is already in the works, will be for getting fabulous, or finding out who I am now. More on that topic another day.

So, that being said, my first change...drumroll please...accountability! Keeping track of what goes in my mouth and how much I'm moving (or not). I like MyFitnessPal.com for this. It's FREE, it has thousands of food items and recipes in it's data base, and it has a community message board to ask questions or join groups. Did I mention it's FREE? And very user friendly. I will be logging; the good, the bad and the ugly of it, and hopefully learning from it. Care to join me?