A dream come true

Once I reached 40, I began to notice that my waist was expanding. My clothes were getting tighter day by day, and I wasn't doing anything different. So I began to walk, and I worked up to 6 miles a day at Radnor Lake. It was hard, but I leveled off for a while. But a year and a half ago, I began to balloon up again, and the added weight was making my back hurt and wearing on my knee, so that it popped and became very sore. I began to try to eat less and less until I stopped expanding. Trouble was that it wasn't enough food! I had reduced my intake to 750 calories a day. I was frustrated, tired, had no energy, and moody! I had blood work run and was put on medications. I felt better, but the added weight would not come off. My back and knee still hurt, and I could not run or jog for any distance.
Flash to now and my participation in Healthquest. I am rising early to meet a group of women who are teaming with me to get a healthier life! The first week, I thought that I may not be able to do the competition after all. It's hard...very hard! I am moving in ways that I haven't in years and making demands of my body that do not feel natural. But when it's over, I feel good...very good!
I would love to visit Macchu Picchu in Peru and climb all around the sight. I want to climb mountain trails from the Appalachians to the Rockies to the Italian Alps to the mountains of Belize. I love looking over all God created from what seems like the top of the world! I want to run in the Music City Half-marathon. I don't know how much I will really get to do, but I want more adventure in my life and not be limited by an out-of-shape body. My participation in the Healthquest competition is making my body and mind more able to do these things. I am able to do more than I dreamed possible. On the Homestretch Healthquest is helping me to make a dream come true!