Blood Bright

I realise that I haven't been entirely steady in my posting here recently. While I haven't been as inspired  or creative in the last few months, it's become apparent that this lack of enthusiasm has extended to most parts of my life. In an effort to reignite energy in all areas, I've undertaken the most serious health and fitness mission of my adulthood. I mentioned here that, as of July 1st, I was going to run a cumulative total of 500km by New Year's Day, 2013. So far, I've run 39km, which -- though a little behind what I'd planned to achieve at this point -- still feels amazing.

Moreover, my awareness of what my body needs and what I want has progressed significantly. Previously, we'd made marked changes to create weekly meal plan, however maintaining them was a hurdle that we weren't overcoming nearly as well as we were maintaining our punctual Nando's Cluck For Your Buck date. Needless to say, something had to give, and in this case we fortuitously received a huge gas bill and my work hours were cut, thus removing that extra $40 from our peri peri fund. Also, one of my girlfriends alerted me to the My Fitness Pal app and also mentioned the quantitative repercussions of that much chicken.

At this point, I have so much more to write, and thankfully, I'm finally composing in my head again. Before, I'd do anything to avoid Blogger and when I hadn't clicked into my Dashboard for a week or so, it became easier to pretend than type a few vague sentences and save to draft.

Until I come back, with more sharing and ideas, I'd love to put you on to this superbly analysed post by Moorea, and also see if you relate?

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It's good to feel bright again.