who knew?

Oh. my. god. is what I said after trying on a pair of pants I haven't worn in many months.
Yep, it's true that I have had one sedentary winter. The proof is in the ill fitting pants.
After being laid off from my job in December, the new year began with me working full-time on my photography in front of this computer day in and day out. To say I didn't get out much is a vast understatement. Me and my pj's and elastic waist band pants hung out in this very spot where I sit today without witnessing my expanding waistline. And now that the weather has warmed and spring has indeed sprung, I am forced out of my aforementioned work clothes (aka pj's) and into the wardrobe I haven't seen in months, and it ain't pretty. And to all of my friends who say I don't look any different, I have only this to say, shutupshutupshutup. My pants don't lie, but my friends obviously do. So what is there do from here I ask myself? Only one thing, RUN. So run I did, or actually more like jogging and walking. Huffing and puffing I moved along until my very lithe, long distance running neighbour asked if she could join in my circus of movement. I tried dodging her, I am and always have been a solitary runner, but she insisted even after I told her I was just beginning again after being a slug all winter. So I reluctantly took my place beside her and wouldn't you know, a miraculous thing occurred. I ran without stopping, ran without walking, and ran without much mental effort. What was this? A running partner was easing the pain of my newly acquired exercise. What I found was I no longer had to mentally keep myself preoccupied so I wouldn't stop or mentally cop out of the task at hand. Having her beside me made me pace myself better and has allowed me to go further than I would otherwise. Don't get me wrong, it's still challenging, but in a better way.
In the end what I hope to get out of this is the ability to run further than I have ever before and with that, my wardrobe not to fit so snug.