Admittantly, my husband is one of the main reasons why I need to lose this weight. This is new because before him my list was and is that I need to lose weight because my knees creak and hurt from sitting to standing and my hips hurt from moving and I'm on an anti depressant, and two blood pressure meds, PLUS, diabetes and heart desease runs in our family. However, over the past couple of years I have added the need to keep up with my husband.

See, my husband has been running for over 8 years, however, he kicked it into high gear over the past two years and have lost weight. Now, my husband was never heavy. He and his entire family are the little people in frame and height, but he has this dedication to exercise like non-other. Through rain, sleet and freezing snow-ice he will go and run. It doesn't matter, he is gonna get it in. I, on the other hand, look at him and measure my own output and it is paltry to say the least. We have tried to exercise together, but then I stop and then start again because I'm not that dedicated with these rickety knees and hips. At times, I think about our future and realize that he more than likely will outlive me because he is 'Jacque Cousteau Mister Superman extraordinaire' and I, well, am Miss Daisy.

See my husband loves me unconditionally and is extremely supportive and he care about my overall health, it's just now, I have added the need to keep up with him on my checklist of other things to do. I don't want him feeling that I won't be around even though he is not guaranteed to be around either because nothing in this life is guaranteed, even in exercise. Yet, I feel pressured to keep up with him. It has become evident to me that nothing - absolutely nothing will keep him away from it. He has said that he wants to be around for our later years, however, 'our' is not in that equation yet. Right now, it is him being around for our kids later years, but until I have my sleeve and become more mobile the 'our' in that equation hasn't begun. Living with an exercise enthusiast hasn't been easy for me. I don't like exercising to be honest. Taking walks, and hikes and communing with nature is the kind of exercise that I enjoy. The gym and weights are so hoo-hum that I don't know if I will ever be able to enjoy the gym experience with my man like he wants me to. I love me some him, but we may never be in sync with this one and that feeling gets heavy.

So this is my blog about my husband extraordinaire. I just needed to get it out!