I should now be LauraLAX

Sep 07, 2009

 What an adventure I've been on these last few months!  We were relocated to Los Angeles, and I'm loving the life out here.  Technically we live in the Thousand Oaks area, so I've been walking/hiking these fabulous trails for miles and miles.

I still wake up grateful every single day.  My weight seems to have stabilized at 175-178, and I frankly don't care if I never lose another pound.  I am living a life that money can't buy... walking my daughter to school (1.75 miles each way), hiking (up to 8 miles at a time), and swimming.  In the next couple of weeks, I plan to go kayaking around the Channel Islands.  In April of 2008 I would have laughed out loud if anyone had told me that I would hiking 8 miles and loving it.  But exercise has become such an "I'm so happy I can do this now" moment, rather than a chore.

Since February I've run three 5Ks -- and hope to do more -- but as far as my weight/looks are concerned, I'm only concerned about some plastic surgery to get rid of this extra skin.  A nice problem to be concerned about :)

And on top of all of this, it is so wonderful to walk into a room and not be the largest woman there -- and to realize, in fact, that I am beautiful.  
 

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