On a journey

Still working on this weightloss and health journey I am still on my journey.  My clothes are getting looser and looser.  I had on skirt fall off of me and I  have a vew more that very soon will no longer fit(right now my stomach is holding them up.  I've got to do more crunches).  But I have been on a mission to consciously think about what I eat.  I make time to prepare my lunch and dinner and breakfast.  I slip up some days but for the most part I make a conscious effort to eat healthier.  I bought a pair of walking sneakers and I have been walking.  The weather has been so beautiful that I just can't resist being outside.  I usually walk between 7:00pm and 9:00pm.  It's usually cooler and it's a great way to end my day.  Yesterday, I challenged myself: I decided that I was going to try and walk around the lake.  I wasn't sure if I could do it.  Mainly because of my asthma and because this has been a very bad allergy season for me.  I'm allergic to everything outside: The trees, the grass, the pollen, the mold.  So, I have been having some extra sinus pressure and balance problems, too.  Been visiting my allergy doctor about it.  Then of course my right knee tries to ache and stiffen up on a regular.  But you know what?  I have not let any of it stop me!!!  If I am not feeling my best on a particular day, I rest or I turn on the air conditioner and exercise at home.  I am committed to living a healthier lifestyle.  I just want to be healthier.  Plain and simple.  Some days when my asthma is bothering me, I think about Jackie Joyner-Kersee.  She was an Olympian and a heptathalon winner.  A heptathlon is a series of track and field events( 100 hurdles, high jump,shot put, 200 milimeter, long jump, javelin, and 800 milimeter run).  She completed this event and won and she has suffered with asthma all of her life.  I was just recntly diagnosed 2 years ago, so this is new for me.  But doggoneit if she can complete a heptathlon then I can walk and lift weights!  Yesterday, I decided to walk around the lake. I didn't think I could do it but I did!   I made it around once and then decided to walk around again.  I challenged myself and I completed my challenge.  Praying that by my next birthday that I will have lost 70 pounds.  I pray that with God's help I can do this.  But in the meantime I will continue to work on me.  had another facial this month and I hope to have another one in August.  Keep me in prayer as I endeavor to lose weight and lead a heathier life but also as I prepare to direct another play. Peace, love and smooches!! Peyton