Monday, August 19, 2002

 

I hadn't wanted to say anything here yet, but I think it's been long enough. James and I have been walking two miles every morning for more than 4 weeks now. I've lost about ten pounds, but I can tell that some of my clothes are fitting much better too. I put a dress on that two months ago was about skin tight and now it is just a bit baggy. Whoohoo! We are also learning how to eat to live, not live to eat. It's amazing how little our bodies can live on. We've learned to tell when our body needs food. We're still working on the 'stop when you're satisfied' thing. It's hard to break our concept of 'this is how much I should eat'.

Let me give you an idea of how much I could eat. We'd stop at Wendy's and I would get 2 junior bacon cheeseburgers, a Biggie fry and a frosty. I would still want even more food after that. Now, a lot of times I'm satisfied with just the burger and a drink. I'm beginning to feel full with much less food.

Anyway, on the writing front: I've created some time for me to write everyday. So far it's working great to write between 5:30 and 6:30 AM. James and Xander are still asleep and lately Xander has been sleeping in until almost 7, giving me time to lay down and try to nap for 30 minutes. Although, I'm usually on such a buzz from writing that I can't calm down and sleep. So far SC has 3400 words and climbing. I'm aiming for it to be a novel, but since I'm not a big word count person, I'll be happy with a novella. I'm just not as wordy as most people, nor do I develop a complex plot. I'm hoping that both will get better with practice.

It feels so good to be cranking out words again. :)

Dawn posted this at 11:43 AM.

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