day 64: still in lima

just to continue on that last post

my host mom told me that one of her friends asked her, "how does your daughter stay thin? she looks like barbie."

my mom replies, "i have three daughters, which one are you talking about?"

she responds, "the new one, the one with chinese eyes"

to which my mom nods and goes, "ah, no, no, she's korean, not chinese. her secret is she runs and exercises every morning at 5am"

when they told me this story, i burst out laughing. why? because

1. i am overweight and have been all my life

2. i have never eaten so much rice, potatoes, chips, ice cream and candy in my LIFE.

truth.

in fact, i just ate ice cream after breakfast plus candy after church. i have lost all muscle mass and have probably gained at least 5 to 10 lbs. since being in perú.

my sister has a scale and has offered me to use it if i want to compare my weight from when i started training to now. my fear is too intense and i would rather live in ignorance.

which reminds me... i really have to start exercising again in the mornings. i didn't during site visit, but my site has ice cold running water. in the 4 or so days i was there, i showered once. ONCE. dirty, dirty girl. the only way i will remain clean is if i work out, but i don't know the place well enough to just go running. arggghhhhhh...

however, there is a gym in my city. a very basic gym, but a gym nonetheless. i don't know if i can afford it on my PC salary, but if i have any cash left over, it's going to go into gym time. that or i'll just run to the gym.

i wonder how large my city is. i want to participate in the marathon in pacasmayo that was started by a PCV. it happens once a year, i forget when, but i'm gonna have to figure out how i can find the twenty something miles to practice.

actually, let's focus on passing the 5 mile mark first...