Don't Rain on Me!

So have you ever noticed that whenever you get really excited about something, that there is always someone to "rain on your party"? No, they aren't negative, they are realist! For instance, when I first actually told someone I was going to train for a marathon I heard, "Why on earth for? That much running isn't good for your body!" My mother also reminded me with five children I shouldn't have time to go run if I was doing everything "a good mother" should be doing.....hm... what was she insinuating? Well, wanting to lose excess fat is something someone with less than 10 pounds to lose "shouldn't be worried about!" People tell me I don't need to, or you will get vain if you get work out, or best yet...you will be too skinny!

This morning's run reminded not to pay any attention to the threat of rain. The forecast predicted rain, and when I woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of wind and rain....I thought, "Oh! Man! I don't want to get out in that!" But in the morning the sun was shining on the east side of my house. Clouds were on the west...If I got out there right away, maybe I could beat the rain. Well, by the time I hit the road it was a beautiful sunny morning and the clouds had blown away. Wow! I would have missed it if I had thought only about the clouds coming! Sometimes we need to forge ahead even though doom is foretasted by well meaning friends and family. Stick to your goals and don't get discouraged if you don't have the perfect day. Look for the sunshine and you will be sure to find some!

Dr. Oz and Just 10

Dr.Oz has been the hot TV health guru for the past few years. He has gained nationwide popularity and is now considered by many as "America's Doctor" as coined by Oprah Winfrey. While I have never personally watched either of them much, I could not avoid reading or hearing about either of them over the years. I admired Dr. Oz's great blend of natural, Eastern and Western approaches to health and medicine. So when I heard of his Just 10 campaign to lose weight, I looked it up on his website. It was great! I immediately asked my girlfriends to join me. I was so happy when they did. I didn't really need to loose too much and striving for 10lbs. would be just right to motivate me back in to a better quality of life and a better quality of body. I took the RealAge Test and found out it was 43.6 years old, making me 8.6 years younger than my chronological age. Not bad...but I would like to see if I can improve that score. Why wait until the until I am another year older? "There is never any better time than the present" and putting it off is what got me extra weight to carry with me running to begin with. So here we go again...a new day, a new beginning and I better get out and get running!