Week one

Well, the first week of the New Year is done. 51 more to go. I've been working out regularly and I've lost 2 pounds. whohoo. Hurray for healthy, maintainable weight loss. I've cut a few minutes of my mile. I now walk 4.5 MPH. I'm entertaining the idea of training for a 10k, or if I'm really ambitious a half-marathon. Though to do so, I'll really need to start running regularly. I don't really care how fast I run/walk just so long as I complete it. Really what I want to do is train for the 60 breast cancer walk that happens every year. For some reason long distance walking really appeals to me. It seems like a very natural exercise and was something that our ancestors likely did all the time, because they had to...but that's neither here nor there.



School starts in a few weeks and I'm really looking forward to starting back up with that. Go Brain Go!











I was watching reruns of The Biggest Loser and I was reminded of the statistic that says that today's children have a shorter life expectancy than the previous generation due to obesity. I'm not sure how it should be fixed. If I were in charge of things though, I'd make sure that nutrition, PE (fitness, not competitive sports should be the focus) and cooking were a mandatory subjects for every student. Cooking is something that is frequently ignored, but I think the know-how is so important. Someone can know what to eat, but without knowing how to prepare it, he/she is up the creek without a paddle.



It has come to my attention though, that there are parents out there that WANT their children to eat unhealthy and fattening food. They don't want the school to educate their children about nutrition and diet Why? Beats the hell out of me. There's the argument that it should be the job of the parents. Ideally, I'd agree, but parents are dropping the freaking ball. If they weren't, I wouldn't even be writing this because it would be a non-issue. Parents are dropping the ball and sooner or later SOMETHING will have to change.



It makes me really sad that there are kids that don't really have a chance. Obese kids often end up as obese adults :(Oh well, I'll just have to consider it "future job security" because again, something has to change.



Well, that's about time for me to go to bed.



Night!