having a fit

Today, I accomplished my original fitness goal — to lose about five pounds a month for a year. It's not quite a year, but I've lost 63 pounds since last Christmas.

Weight is only one measure of my fitness and how on-track I am with being healthy. But the nicest side effect is being incredibly comfortable in my own skin. The outside reflects the inside and that's gratifying.

New fitness goals for the coming year include:

• Running a half-marathon in 2006 (and, after seeing how that goes, perhaps upping the ante later that year).
• Keeping my prolactin levels up.
• Hiking the Inca Trail.