I never said this day would come. But..well....it has. I remember when I used to make fun of my sister that is 9 years older than I am. She would always say she couldn't go out with Roger and I because she was too tired. I couldn't believe how old she acted. Well, I don't know what has happened this magic year of turning 47 but it seems i'm never ending tired. I wake up tired and i'm tired during the day and I go to bed tired. It seems like I have no energy. I know i've been slacking on my exercising and that could be part of the reason for the tiredness. But this coming year i'm really going to get going at it again. Exercising makes you feel so much better mentally and physically.
My girlfriend, Lora, has always called me the energizer bunny because I have always been on the go. Whenever we would go out some place or go dancing she would always want to turn in early. I used to say "you can't". So she'd keep on going just to stay up with me. I have another girlfriend, Diane, who is 11 years younger than I am. She always has bragged to people about me and how I can out do her in everything. I out ski her, out run her, out golf her and bike. It's nice to know I can show someone up at my age. Last year I decided I was going to try and run a 5 k race for the first time in my life. I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it. Well, I started running in February. I hated it. I read a book called "Running with Angels" and it was awesome. It was about an overweight woman and she had been through many trials and tribulations and had put on a lot of weight. She decided to loose weight and started out walking around the block. Then she got farther and farther and ended up running marathons. I remember when I was training for the 5 k race, I would remember what she said and had gone through and it kept me going. I told myself.."if she can do it so can I." Well, I ran my first race in April and did quite well. I took 6th out of 45 women in my age group. I ran a second race in June. I finished that also. I was pretty proud of myself. And since then I haven't ran very much but I'd like to start again.
I hope by starting to exercise more regularly this next year that I'll be able to get my body back to what it was last year. That I'll have more energy and feel better about myself.
I love being my age. I hope when I"m 50 I can still do all the fun things that I love doing.
My girlfriend, Lora, has always called me the energizer bunny because I have always been on the go. Whenever we would go out some place or go dancing she would always want to turn in early. I used to say "you can't". So she'd keep on going just to stay up with me. I have another girlfriend, Diane, who is 11 years younger than I am. She always has bragged to people about me and how I can out do her in everything. I out ski her, out run her, out golf her and bike. It's nice to know I can show someone up at my age. Last year I decided I was going to try and run a 5 k race for the first time in my life. I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it. Well, I started running in February. I hated it. I read a book called "Running with Angels" and it was awesome. It was about an overweight woman and she had been through many trials and tribulations and had put on a lot of weight. She decided to loose weight and started out walking around the block. Then she got farther and farther and ended up running marathons. I remember when I was training for the 5 k race, I would remember what she said and had gone through and it kept me going. I told myself.."if she can do it so can I." Well, I ran my first race in April and did quite well. I took 6th out of 45 women in my age group. I ran a second race in June. I finished that also. I was pretty proud of myself. And since then I haven't ran very much but I'd like to start again.
I hope by starting to exercise more regularly this next year that I'll be able to get my body back to what it was last year. That I'll have more energy and feel better about myself.
I love being my age. I hope when I"m 50 I can still do all the fun things that I love doing.
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Oh Goodness Mom! You are still in better shape that I am! ;) But yes, it sucks to get older! At lease you still go shopping and walk it all off... And the summer is always so much easier to work out in!
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