Still feeling good

So I wondered if you've been wondering how I'm getting on.  Being an only child I have a tendency towards egocentrism and assume that everyone is as interested in me as I am but maybe you're not as, after all, why should you be.  Be that as it may however I did think you might want to know how my running is going.  I promised you a weekly update but haven't given any details for the past two weeks so, if you know me as well as I think you might, you'd be forgiven for thinking that's because I've given up.  After all, if I was still running, this would be the end of week seven in a nine week program and in the past I've failed to get past run two of week six.  If this really has been your train of thought I'm delighted to be able to tell you that this morning I ran the final run of week seven and am ready now for week eight to begin so how good is that?  When I first started running back in January 2019 I ran for one minute and thought I was going to die.  I couldn't breath and my legs felt as though they were going to give way but I persevered through a few more weeks, only not really with anything which could be called enthusiasm, before giving up then I tried again later in the year with exactly the same feelings and exactly the same results.  This week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday I've run for twenty five minutes non stop and felt so proud of myself at the end of each one.  On top of that I've changed my diet so I'm eating healthily, have lost nearly a stone in weight and now feel on top of the world.  I feel lighter not just in my body but in my soul and life is pretty good.  The thing is that there's nothing different about my life right now; dementia still lurks, I still spend my evenings with a silent husband, I still have all of the responsibility I had before but what is different is that I've focused more on my needs and my wellbeing and I've realised how important I am in all of this.  The really interesting thing is that, because I'm so much happier in myself, Ash is coping with life better; he doesn't feel anxious because I'm unhappy; he seems to know that I'm settled in this life and he picks up on the vibes that are all around me.  This is I think a true win:win situation which can only get better and I highly recommend it.

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