Update - I do my best to follow back anyone who starts following me, but I don't always catch the notifications. If you're following me and I haven't reciprocated, send me a PM! I want to be there to support those who are supporting me!

I'm 40 and have realized that I'm not as healthy as I used to be and that I don't recover from illness or injury as quickly as I used to.

I've been okay with my weight for so long simply because it's never really prevented me from doing anything I wanted to do. I guess I've been lucky in that I've carried my weight well enough that I could still hike, swim, bike, canoe, dance, roller skate, etc. with my friends or kids whenever we wanted. And I never felt like I had to say no to any opportunity because of my weight.

But now winters are just brutal in terms of colds and illness. Each cold I get turns into a sinus infection/ear infection/bronchitis from hell. Each one leaves me knocked on my rear for a good week and costs me a month total in recovery. Really puts a damper on all those fun invitations I can't accept anymore because I'm too sick or weak to go.

So, I need to get healthy. And that starts with supporting my body and reducing the amount of work it has to do to just keep me alive.