(WARNING-CORNBALL POST INCOMING): I woke at 3am and couldn’t go back to sleep. Tossed and turned some, then, picked up my phone and started going through facebook. I saw Stacey‘s post from last night wearing her tiara and that stunning triumphant smile she has, and even though she was exhausted, she did the thing. My brain started listing off the friends that do it every day despite shit days, sore bodies, hideous weather and screaming kids: Stacey, Meredith, Craig, Christin, Jennifer, Elizabeth, Fergus, Adam, Hugh…and many others. These people inspire me…you my friends. So, I said to myself… “Get up and do the thing even though its 4:30 in the morning. What the hell else are you going to do this second…and the only magic that will make you healthier and slimmer is willpower”. So I said, fuck it, got up, put on sneakers (yes still in my nightgown) and got on the treadmill for half an hour. This is the ugly picture..rats nest hair, sweaty, no bra and very thirsty (forgot the water bottle on counter), but, I did the thing. I know it wasnt for an hour, I know I havent done it every day but I did it today. I have to take it a day at a time. Like going through this past year..one day at a time because looking too far ahead was crushing and made me want to just go to crawl into a hole and pull a rock over the top. Each day I make an effort to eat a little better, move a little more. I didnt gain it all in a day, I’m sure as hell not going to lose it all in a day.
Well, anyway, I did the thing. #teamdoingit #healthybody
Eat, Pray & Suck it Up! 