Well, it is with great shame that I say when I got sick over a month ago and was out of commission for a week and a half it shattered my willpower. I have done horribly at my diet in the last month, and consequently have gained back a few pounds. In light of the fact that I still continue to harden up my physique overall I don't think the photographs, which I should have taken tomorrow, will show me looking worse than the last set, but probably not much better either. So I have let down anyone who was looking to me to show them it is possible to get lean in three months. As I said, I'll be posting my latest photographs soon so you can see my progress, or lack thereof, and realize that this fitness thing is an ongoing, everchanging process that cannot be cheated.
I will still be ready to do the photo session in May for the last book of my "Gray Eagle" series and for the cover painting of my new book, NEPHI WAS MY FRIEND, but it is going to take some heavy duty running for me to catch up to where I was. Oh well. Such are the sacrifices of life. DON'T GIVE UP. That is the main thing about fitness. Never give up.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
LONG WINTER
It seems to be true for most people this year, unless you talk to a skier: It has been a LONG winter. I have enjoyed the way the snow looks. It's beautiful when it's falling, beautiful when it lies like diamond-shot cotton on the spruce boughs and when it blankets the fields. It seems as if you could walk into it and scoop up enough diamonds to retire on, but as you walk they simply disappear.
Unfortunately, the winter itself is NOT disappearing. For me, a non-skier, although I'm very glad to have the snowpack built up, in hopes of having a decent water supply this summer, this winter has seemed endless.
I won't complain too loudly, however, because I'm not a fan of any day much over 80, either, unless I'm on the beach, which is almost . . . never. But I do love spring, and I am greatly looking forward to those warmer days, and the blooming of my flowers--at least it makes for good deer food, anyway. They usually get 50% or more of my tulips before I get to see a bloom!
My new book is almost finished, and I need to thank Old Man Winter for that. I have stayed in the house an awful lot in the last few months, and I have to admit I don't get much writing done when it's beautiful outside. So here is my nod to winter. Now go away whenever you get a chance!
Unfortunately, the winter itself is NOT disappearing. For me, a non-skier, although I'm very glad to have the snowpack built up, in hopes of having a decent water supply this summer, this winter has seemed endless.
I won't complain too loudly, however, because I'm not a fan of any day much over 80, either, unless I'm on the beach, which is almost . . . never. But I do love spring, and I am greatly looking forward to those warmer days, and the blooming of my flowers--at least it makes for good deer food, anyway. They usually get 50% or more of my tulips before I get to see a bloom!
My new book is almost finished, and I need to thank Old Man Winter for that. I have stayed in the house an awful lot in the last few months, and I have to admit I don't get much writing done when it's beautiful outside. So here is my nod to winter. Now go away whenever you get a chance!
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