This IS Me.

ZooMT with Rhiannon, originally uploaded by elizabethwickland.

This is a picture from last weekend. This is what I look like. I'm not huge, but I would like to be smaller. It's true. The thought of trying to lose weight right now overwhelms me, though, so I'm not going to strive for it.

I did talk to my mom today, though, and we're going to encourage each other to walk 3 days a week. That's a start. I walked yesterday. I was going to walk today, but was running to and fro all day and then had company for dinner, so I missed the conference call I usually walk during.

3 times this week. That is my aim. One down, two to go.

This is not me.

Aerial Dance, originally uploaded by elizabethwickland.

But this IS what I learned how to do in Aerial Dance today!! This has been on my list of things I want to learn - and today I did!

I haven't been feeling my best again lately (like, the last few days) and today I really felt it. I just felt exhausted before we even started in Aerial Dance. It was a good class, but I definitely didn't push myself. It was kind of sad. Then I came home, ate a little lunch, and took a 3 hour nap. That is unlike me! I'm just hoping that when I go back on my progesterone in 2 days my energy levels will pick up again! The vitamins are definitely helping, and my energy levels didn't drop off for the whole two weeks this time, just a couple days, but it really stinks when they do drop off!

On a related note, our insurance decided that my doctor appointments to get this stuff figured out are not worthy of being covered by insurance, so I don't know where we'll go from here. I may just stick with vitamins. Really, there should be exercise involved, too, but I just can't seem to make myself do it. And I don't know how to make myself want to. It's frustrating.

So... I'll stick to Aerial Dance once a week for now and enjoy it. It turns out it really is helping, and I am developing strength I didn't have before! Plus, it's really fun, and I get to do things I never thought I could.