Musings by Melissa

I recently wrote about what I’m doing to try to get my procrastination under control.

Well, I’m also trying to get my weight under control.  This is something I’ve always struggled with, and it was only made worse by having to sit with my ankle up all last summer.

I can’t say I’m winning the war on weight yet, but I feel like I’m making progress.  I’ve seriously cut back on my sugar intake.  I haven’t cut out all sugar because there’s a little bit of sugar in my pizza crust to make the yeast “fart.”  ~grin~  And I do allow myself one (or maybe two) desserts a week.  But rather than sweeten my  morning oatmeal with sugar, I’m using a mashed banana.  I’ve found a tea that I enjoy without sweetener. 

I always thought I would enjoy running, but alas, every time I start I get terrible shin splints.  ~bummer~  I’m thinking that spending more time with my elliptical machine might help with the shin splints.  Now that my ankle is healed I am looking forward to riding my bike again this summer.  I haven’t been able to seriously ride it because of my ankle, but now that that pain is gone, I’m looking forward to summer!

And so, I’m going to keep trying to become a runner.  I’ll never do marathons.  I don’t really have the time or the desire to do that.  My big running goal would be to run a 5k.  But we’ll see if I can overcome these shin splints first.