Quickly! Quietly!

Oops.

Very nearly forgot to post my Postaday2011 post today. I think I’ve gotten away with it though…! I’ll just add this short post in under cover of darkness, and while no-one is looking.

Sneaking around is fun. Well, it used to be when I was six. I used to quickly and quietly hide wherever I could, and jump out and surprise whoever was there. Unfortunately, I was always spotted. Maybe I wasn’t as quick or as quiet as I thought when I was six. I couldn’t sneak around now though, I am definitely not quick or quiet.

Although having said that, I am considerably quicker and quieter than I was last year… due to losing a little bit of weight.

Last year, I procrastinated about going swimming. I know that swimming is the best form of exercise for me, and I really lose weight in a matter of weeks when I set my mind to it, but I always put off going. Eventually I go and wish afterwards that I had gone sooner. I started a little too late last year for summer, but this year, I am prepared.

I still need to lose some weight – not as much as last year, but I still need to tone up a little. I now have a few months until summer arrives, but before summer I will be visiting a Mind, Body and Spirit exhibition, and meeting up with a friend who I last saw at the last exhibition. Last year, I had only just started going swimming the week before the exhibition, but my friend said that I looked good for it. I want to look even better for this year, so there’s a bit of something to spur me on. I’m going to do it, but keep quiet about it. I like doing things for myself.

On Friday night, I saw someone who used to serve me in a sandwich shop, who I hadn’t seen for a couple of years. She quickly came over to me and shook my hand. She quietly said “Well done on the weight that you have lost. You look good.”

I felt good after that!

So, the moral to this post? If you want to do something, do it! Do it quickly so you don’t talk yourself out of it, and quietly, so others don’t talk you out of it either. Why put off until tomorrow what can be done today? Reach for the stars! Grab hold of the dream! Just do it!

I wonder… can I do it in time this year?