Tough Business

Losing weight is tough. I know it's not a cake-walk, no pun intended, but man, this is hard. So far I've lost 7.8 lbs-- that's great. But what's tough is continuing to lose-- I have a long way to go until I get down to where I should be to be as healthy as I would like. Finding time for exercise is my biggest problem.

When I was in college on the crew team I had so much more going on in my life and I still managed to work out 2 hours a day. Now, without the gym next to my dorm and with no boathouse to run down the river 2 miles away to it's hard.

I live in an area of town that is not the safest to run in, and running around the apartment complex just doesn't do it for me. I have tapes and I do those but they're not as fun as rowing. I love rowing. I miss it. I feel so at piece lapping my oars into the water, moving as one body in a boat filled with 8 other people.

I want to see how the sun and moon look over the Charles again. Wherever I move to next I have to try and join a rowing club-- there isn't one around here I can join.... let alone afford to join.

Regardless, I should be happy about the weight I have already lost.... I just wish I had my teammates behind me in the boat helping me along.