Push Through or Go Around

So this morning as Kendall and I walked I hit 'the wall'. Not hard, but hard enough that I recognized the symptoms of 'give-up-itis' setting in. Two weeks in, tons longer than anything I've ever attempted before, and it finally got hard. But we were only half way through, and it wasn't like I could pull an 'Andrew' and lay down on the road to wait for someone to figure out what's wrong and carry me home. So I pushed through, worked a little bit harder, and then I found my stride. The rest of the walk was great.

I've found this 'push through' ability within myself, not from my inate nature, but forced on me by motherhood. I've always been a flash-in-the-pan, instant-gratification kind of person. But when you're a mom, there is no end to what needs to be done. There is no 'exit' button here.
And finally that has started to trickle into the rest of my life. Most notably my writing.

I've written I don't know how many first chapters. Too many. But finally one has stuck around longer than five pages. Horray! That 'keep it going' attitude has gotten me through to the fourth chapter.

Now if only that would trickle down to the dishes.

So there was a beginning...

So I finally decided that it was time to get out of my head and into the real world. There is so much I want to share (though I don't know if any one cares to hear it), but I don't want to overwhelm the world with my abundance, so I'll start slow.

What I wanted to say is that even though this blog will jump into my life in the middle of it all, this is a time of new beginnings for me. I'm at a time (probably a midlife crisis) where I realized that no one is going to live my life for me. If I'm going to have the experiences in my life that I want, I have to reach out and grab it.

So...on to the juicy stuff.

I am many things--wife, mother, writer, Mormon, foodie, reader, now a blogger. One thing that I am, too, is overweight. My point in sharing that is not to say "Look at me! I am fat!", but to share with the world, my goals in this area. I've tried many times to lose weight for weight's sake, but I've never had a goal for which weight loss would be critical. One thing that has always fascinated me is the triathlon.

I want to participate in a triathlon. My stated goal to family and friends (and now the world) is to be ready to do one in two years. One year to lose most of the extra 100 lbs, and the second year to lose the rest and train in the different disciplines.

My hope is that through this experience, and blogging about it everyday, I can stay motivated and focused, so that I can make this dream a reality. My hope is to keep myself accountable by writing about the trials and tribulations of achieving this goal, while sharing those juicy tidbits that always leak out when you're writing about personal things.

Thanks for reading, and enjoy every slice (of life) you're served.