what’s up with Mary?
I know it appears that I dropped off the face of the earth. Indeed, I did not cease to exist–nor to work out or even to think about and read about fitness. My progress continues, and I’m now just below 130 pounds (and maintaining my muscle mass) for the first time in probably 10 or 15 years. Can’t wear size 8 pants anymore; they’re just too baggy.
I feel terrific, and my back pain has largely abated. A bulging disk hurts like hell for a few months and then calms down (at least in my experience), and I think the rather more severe pain I was going through earlier this year was the hot phase of my new bulging disk. No complaints now. My workouts go well, my strength increases, and I thank God for feeling so good.
I do miss the weekly bodypump class, but I now suspect that its (admittedly baby-level) squats and deadlifts were exacerbating my disk troubles.
So how come you haven’t been posting?, you ask.
Some of you know that I’m the editor of a Catholic newspaper. Well, these have been difficult and exciting times for the Catholic press. The death of our beloved pope and the election of our new beloved pope (viva il papa!) have necessitated two special editions back to back, and in short, I’ve been fried.
No guarantee that I’ll be more timely now . . . but at least you know what’s going on.
