Changes...

So we don't all stay young forever right?  My husband's famous excuse to everyone who questions the fact  that he's 16 years older than me is to say:  You're only as old as you feel and I'm feeling great!  Well I'm so very glad that he is so very healthy and will probably outlive all of our children because he is so freakingly freakishly fantastically healthy and energetic.  WTF.  However, the fact that I feel as if I'm getting ready to celebrate my 75th birthday is causing an issue.  For me at least.  Brian would never say anything.  Remember - he's concerned for his health.  Nevertheless, I have no clue what it is that suddenly turns the light bulb on over your head when for three years you've ignored your health completely - but suddenly I see light.  And I see clearly.  And I absolutely HATE what I see.  So instead of  having a fantastic pity party - the kind where you sit and eat all sorts of junk food and say I'll start my diet tomorrow - I set a doctor's appointment for a checkup and started Body For Life with a friend at work.  Much easier to get yourself into the mode of changing your life when you have someone who is also working towards the same thing.  However - when her goal is to lose 10 pounds and your goal is to lose 100 pounds it can be a bit discouraging.  But I will trudge onward and by my next birthday be a shadow of my former self.