How Things Do Change

Ahhh!!!!! 

Everybody take a deep breath. 

Can you taste it? 

It is the beauty of that extra hour of daylight.

My day finally came! 

God bless the person who first decided we needed this extra hour of daylight in the evenings. 

I realize I'm probably in the minority here… but I celebrate the day we "Spring forward." It is a glorious holiday. It's a toss up whether it's my 2nd or 3rd favorite day of the year. The 4th of July is always first. It's a contest between this and my birthday for 2nd place.

Tuesday night, I skipped the gym and took my run outside. And it was a beautiful experience. 

And last night I met with the trainer at the gym to re-work my routine. Per my request, I am now only going to the gym 3 days a week. The other three days will be running days. I really like this arrangement. It feels like something I can keep up with long term. I've loved the gym… it's been my happy place. But in the back of my mind, there was always this feeling that once I had lost the weight, I could take down my number of workouts. Six days a week seemed so excessive to me for the long term. And I hated that I thought that way. Because I was supposed to be doing this as a lifestyle change… not just a short term fix until I lost the weight. And I tried to tell myself all sorts of things as to why it would be think that way. And I tried to tell myself that I since I really did love the gym… it wouldn't be a big deal. 

However, once I decided I wanted to run (and not just run a 5k, but really be a runner)… things changed. All of a sudden running wasn't just about cardio. It wasn't just about the calorie burn or "getting the workout in." It was something I wanted to do. It kinda became a new hobby. I look forward to my run days. Roads and trails that I never even thought about or even noticed before are becoming routes that I need to run. Just because. Just to say I did. I don't halfway dread going out of town anymore because I will miss a workout. Because now I see it as an extra running day. BONUS! 

I get it… it's a little pathetic. I mean, really? Running? That's your idea of a good time? Are you high?

Or at least it's something I would have seen as pathetic a year ago.

Now it's exciting.