I think I might need to change the subtitle of the blog, since these are no longer midlife musings unless I am going to live to 122. Maybe “third quarter?”

I am writing for accountability. There’s something wrong with my lungs and I need a CT scan with contrast. I don’t want to end up on oxygen. I asked the pulmonologist if I can improve my lung function and she said ‘lose weight and exercise,’ so here we are. We’re gonna do this together. We are going to start with 30 mins of walking 5x a week and 2 days of weights. I don’t want to give up my sweets, but I’d rather keep the wine, I think.

When C goes back to college it will be easier, she leads us down the worst paths with food. It’s ice cream every day, dessert every night, girl loves to eat, but she can.

I got up at 7 to walk this morning- eat the big frog first, and it was not easy. I just missed the rain, I guess, because it was wet, humid and cloudy. Not perfect conditions, but okay. I worked up a sweat.

Here’s to a good start. July 15.