Blog Retirement.

Ok, guys… I’m afraid this is the end. There are just not enough hours in the day for me to give this blog it’s due! Blog writing has become a chore… another duty to be checked off the to-do list. It usually goes something like this, “Crap. It’s 9:30 and I’m ready for bed, but I haven’t written a post in 4 days. Ugh! I’ll do it tomorrow…” I used to be excited about writing, but with all that’s happening in my life right now I’m just being spread too thin. By the time I get home from work and we go for a bike ride and cook a healthy dinner and pack lunches for the next day and do a load of laundry and watch a little tv, I’m ready for bed. Forget about it if I need to run an errand or get groceries! Sad, but true. And I have watched the readership suffer in return. A “normal” viewing day used to be 50-60 visitors and now I’m lucky to hit 20. That is a pretty obvious reflection of the work I’ve been putting in.

The good news is that letting the blog go is not at all a reflection of what’s going on in my personal quest for health! Jared and I are doing well on the calorie counting front and I woke up feeling “Skinny!” for the first time in a long time yesterday. It feels good and right to be back on track and keeping myself accountable. Don’t forget… weight watchers is on the way! One week! We did a dry run of the triathlon today down at White Lake… biking a little over 8 miles and walk/jogging another mile. I can hardly believe it’s in 6 days! I do feel a lot better after seeing the course.

This blog was vital to me for a few reasons. One, it helped me reach an amazing 25 pound weight loss that I couldn’t have done without the support and inspiration I received here. But second, it kept me busy and focused on something when I was unemployed. It was exactly what I needed for those rough 8 months. But now? Whew! I’ve got my hands full. Major props to all those weight loss bloggers out there who have the time (or MAKE the time!) for their blogs. I will continue to enjoy reading your work 🙂

Now, I realize it would have been a horrible tease of me to lead up for months to this triathlon and leave my few remaining readers hanging as to how it goes. So, I will post a recap following the triathlon as my last post!