I started to feel that which I already knew. My clothes were fitting tight again. The last five months have been harrowing to say the least. Beginning the steep climb of a dissertation, trying to finish all the seminar work - barrier tests and comps, helping my wife through her father's health, teaching at two institutions, and working on the weekend at a church, all left me with little time to do much else. I had to determine which would be left behind to focus on the others and I left behind my health. I stopped watching what I was eating. I stopped working out. Then, I started gaining back.
All the ground that I had given up. I have reclaimed. I am not back where I started from but I can feel myself edging back. I cannot. I will not. This journey has not been without its setbacks but none like this last one. I have to determine to dig deep and begin, maybe not again, but at least restart in earnest. This I will do today. The gym. The egg whites. The water. The victory. I will once again focus my resolve on being a healthy temple.
Pray for me, its going to be a journey.
