I think this is the time that the prodigal son returns, with his head hung low, begging to be forgiven.
Well, no, not that bad but close.
I have slipped, I have started new blogs, new trackers, new challenges, new everything. All these new things resulted in one thing and one thing only, a return to the old.
The old habits, the old food, the old laziness, the old excuses.
So, what happened?
Well, winter, the longest, coldest and snowiest in recent memory.
Health, hyper tension and osteoarthritis in right leg, that happened.
Work work and more work, that also happened.
I also think the inevitable let down, or what ever you want to call it, of achieving what I though was an impossible goal, running the Tely10 road race, led to a collapse, or at least a sense of complacency.
The result?
An inability to run a 5 k under 40 minutes.
A gain of about 20lbs.
A sense of failure or backsliding.
Also, clothes not fitting, a general feeling of being a “flash in the pan”.
Hopefully friends that is over now.
In the past week I have dropped 7lbs, got my 5k from 43 BLAH to 37 and feel reinvigorated.
Couple that with the fact that the Tely10 is just 2 months away and changes are needed.
So I return here, the blog that got me to my biggest challenge.
Why return? Well, in discussion with my wife, I have always done best when accountable and this blog keeps me that way. I am confident it will help me again.
So, please, join me once again would you as we right this boat and get back on track?
The countdown clock ticks once again.