Meet my New Training Partner

I have incidentally, if not accidentally, lost over ten pounds since mid-July. And I attriubute 80% of this welcomed shrinkage in waist size to what you see below.



And this post is as close as I'll ever come to being an Epidemiologist, like Emily. But I am now sold on the small changes you can make in your life that can lead to big improvement.

In my case, I now walk Poncho on a nightly basis for anywhere between two and three miles. If I didn't have a dog who loves the great outdoors, this hour and a half that I spend with him would be spent in much more on-my-ass, chips/cookies-in-hand fashion.

The other change that has helped is we keep all our beer in a fridge in the garage. So, now my laziness is a tool! I'm too freaking lazy to go grab a beer at night. Now I just drink water at dinner instead.

After spending the last 15 years of my life with a mindset that the only way I could stay fit was to train like I did when I was in college, I have now happily discovered that simple things like walking the dog or riding my bike to work have a lot of value I have never appreciated before.

Of course, I still have aspirations of getting my running form back to a competetive level. Old habits and goals die hard, no matter how unattainable they are.