Happy New Year

Happy 2009 to all! We're having some mochi soup for lunch today. This is a tradition near to my heart or stomach. I didn't do well on the resolution of exercise last year so I will concentrate on that this year. I decided that I need to build in some accountability so I found this biker chick from our church who is a personal trainer. I believe she could hurt me if I don't exercise so she is perfect for my accountability partner. Actually, she has a beautiful heart, I just wouldn't mess with her. She has outlined a plan for me so that I have no excuses. Whether on the road or at home, my resistence is my weight, so I have to exercise. Today, one challenge is pull ups (and not the diaper kind). Rick is going to help me too. Yes, this means a halt to Ice Berg milk shakes temporarily. Cake too. :( Rick got me one of those watches that tracks your heart rate, times your walk/run, tracks your distance on GPS and even tells you if you've climbed in elevation or not and if so by how much and finally, it keeps a history of your work outs. Wow, it's impressive.