Thank you to those who emailed and left comments wondering how I was doing – I’m sorry to have neglected this space for so long. Things have been pretty hectic.

So here’s what’s up with me, health-wise:

1) Since March 10, I’ve been spending about three weeks per month in the US. I haven’t seen Tracy, my fantastic (and much-missed) personal trainer, since then. (Actually, I hadn’t seen her for several weeks before I left, due to holidays and totally clashing schedules.) I still have some leftover sessions with Tracy, which are paid in full, to use. I may transfer them to my guy, who is still in London full-time.

2) I hadn’t weighed myself in months, until approximately two minutes ago, just so I could give a more accurate update. I was pleasantly surprised – especially since it’s nighttime (when I always weigh more) and we just had a massive meal at our neighborhood Indian restaurant here in London – to find that my weight is still at the low end that it was when I was training hardcore. Whew.  I would have guessed as much by the fit of my clothes, even though my habits have not been as perfect as they could be. Progress not perfection, right?

3) One reason why my weight is probably better of is that I stopped drinking about two months ago: June 2nd will mark 60 days since my last drink.

I blogged back in early December that I was going to try to stop drinking, but I didn’t really make much of an effort. I didn’t really want to stop then – I was having too much fun! Happily, the urge to quit came upon me in early April, after a series of benders in London that – while they did not make me physically ill – really made me sick of my drinking.

I may blog about this more at some point, but suffice to say that while many people can handle drinking as much as I was (I was an occasional binge drinker, not an everyday drinker…but ALWAYS a binge drinker), I can’t. Everyone is different.

I’m very lucky to have found a wonderfully supportive, hilarious, smart bunch of people in my home AA group in Cincinnati, all of whom give me the incentive to live a sober life. Honestly, I would have been drinking many times on this latest trip to London if not for the thought of my friends in AA.

4) I’m still in psychotherapy, which is as difficult – and rewarding – as ever. I wasn’t trying nearly as hard as I should have been when it came to making changes as a result of insights gained in therapy, until early April. Part of my breakthrough was realizing that I may as well be setting fire to $2000 per month if I wasn’t going to do anything with what I was learning; the other part was just getting to the point where I was certain I would not move forward unless I started putting thoughts into action. It’s still a struggle, but a rewarding one.

5) I’m starting NutriSystem when I get back to the US in a few days. It’s an experiment, and a relatively inexpensive one: less than $300 for five weeks’ worth of meals. We’ll see how it goes.

Time to head to Heathrow now, but I’ll post more soon.