Continue my "Year of Swirly Girl" plan

I kinda eased up on my work out over the summer. Because I live in Texas and running in 100 degree heat is just not for me. But now that it’s cooler, I’m ready to start that back up. But I don’t feel like my motivation is as strong as it was before. I still want to lose the 75 pounds (“a pint’s a pound, the world around”) and I’d really like to do it by the end of Jan. 2007. This is when my year of Swirly Girl began (the Jan. part, not the 2007 part!).

The dream job still hasn’t happened, but I have been doing a lot more professional writing in the last 3-5 months than I’d ever done in the past 2 years. So I feel like things are happening on that front.

I’ve also started to reconnect with some very old friends and I can’t believe that I didn’t do this years ago! And there’s even a guy that is floating around in the picture.

It’s just frustration that things stalling right now. I love the momentum that I was able to build for myself in the past. I just don’t know how to get back to where I was before the summer.

So I planned out a “Year of Swirly Girl”.

-Look better
-Feel better
-Improve relationships or build new ones
-Great new job.
-and no matter what, have fun along the way.

I’ve lost 112 pounds since April 2005, but still have another 75 to go. And with that, came the feeling better. I’m in the process of getting the great new job. And finally, slowly but surely I am maintaining friendships whilst making new ones.

Everyday isn’t great, but I feel a little better knowing that I’m progressing in becoming a better person.