Lyme Away

After gaining a pound this week, it has become apparent to even dumb old me that I need to step up this diet/exercise plan thing.  Yeah, eating whatever I want and exercising sporadically has been great, but it's not working. Time to take out the cartridge of  this diet, blow in it, shove it back in the Nintendo and hit reset.  (It pains me that younger people will not get that reference at all).

So, the new plan is that today I am switching gyms.  There is a new one closer to my house that is cheaper and will meet all of my needs, plus they have branches out near my mom's house in case I ever feel the need to exercise when I'm out there (you never know, don't roll your eyes at me).

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month.  Unfortunately, my family is all too aware of Lyme Disease because my sister Kerry has struggled with a chronic case for years now.  She was bit by a tick in 2006, and although the infection was caught right away, it ended up affecting her brain, heart and joints.  She sees more doctors than anyone I know.  Watching her suffering so much from something caused by a simple tick bite has been awful.  I'd give anything to have her completely cured. 

In May, I am going to donate a dollar for every mile I do on the treadmill or the elliptical machine to the Lyme Disease Foundation.  But Taryn, won't the idea that you're actually losing money working out make you want to spend less time sweating away while listening to "Ultimate Broadway" at the gym?  No, because although I am incredibly lazy, I do love my sister and would look like a jackass if I got to the end of the month and announced I was donating five bucks.  I am highly motivated by shame, what can I say? Twenty years of Catholic schooling will do that to a person.

Another way to support Lyme awareness this month is to tint your Facebook (or MySpace for you people who still cling to your VCRs) profile picture lime green.  This is a lot easier than wearing yourself out on a treadmill or breaking out the ole wallet, but it still brings attention to a very worthy cause.

So yeah, it would be great to get to May 31st and see some good results on the scale and a nice check going out to Lyme Research.  I'm going to keep you posted on my progress on the sidebar. I appreciate you guys cheering me on, probably more than you know.