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Introduction Text 2004 was The Year of Movement. I started with yoga, and went back to swimming. In 2011 I added twice weekly Pilates sessions to my routine. In the past five years I have continued with exercising, and truly enjoy it! I started tracking my food when I signed up for Spark People in Dec of 07. As of Feb 2012 I have lost 131 pounds. This year my goal is to lose 40 pounds. I am more active now than I've been for years.

I am trying to get 8 hours of sleep-which is continues to be strangely challenging!

I use the Fitness tracking page and weigh or measure and log all my food on the Nutrtion tracker. I practice yoga once a week, Pilates twice a week, and swim at least four times a week.

I was born in Wisconsin. I have lived in SF, CA for the past 16 years. I am 50 years old, and work as a sign language interpreter, coordinator and educator. I travel nationally to teach continuing education courses to interpreters. I recently graduated with my MA in Art Therapy Psychology and am earning my intern hours so I can sit for the license exams. I am "sparking" with my partner of 13 years. We love traveling to National Parks.

I often get myself out to door and to the gym by remembering how good I feel during and after I exercise. (This requires really 'feeling into' my body after working out, and making mental notes about the sensations and emotions I am having.) I try to remind myself about the paradox in exercising--that if I'm tired, I'll actually have MORE energy if i workout. If I am particularly not interested in going, I tell myself to just go to the gym, and if once I get there I still don't feel up for it, I don't have to go in. I've never turned around!

Add a Link "Our marriages are real; all that is at issue is whether a majority will recognise them in law. The next generation already does. We shall overcome." Andrew Sullivan "Life is short, the world is big, and we're lucky to witness as much as we can." -David Quammen "All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the bonds of experience." Henry Miller
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