Over the next few years, I _______ exercising except during P. E. lessons at school. I was _______ that I could eat what I wanted and didn’t put on any weight, so it looked like I was healthy, but in reality I was very _______.

When I started university, I decided that I would try and get fit, but by then I was worried about_______ myself in front of other people. I considered _______ running again, yet my housemate tried to practice yoga, so my New Year’s _______ was delayed.

Finally, one of my friends________ a swimming pool close to my house that she had gone to a few times. Now, I love ________, and I find doing laps in the pool very relaxing. Experts say everyone should do 30 minutes of proper ________ every day, so I’m starting with an hour three times a week and ________ every day. I hope that I will soon start to feel the ________ of regular exercise. In the long term, I know it will be very good for me, and ________ all sorts of health problems that often occur in later life.

I never really enjoyed running. But my _________ with running has changed. I’m a _________ living in London. When my mom became ill with cancer and there was no _________ of her living much longer, I decided to move back to Harrogate. My work as a musician didn’t _________ and I just wanted to be with my mother.

I have been _________ psychotherapy(心理疗法) for more than three years, which has helped with my anxiety, but back in Harrogate, I _________ to do something else positive for myself, as looking after my mother _________ me. I wanted to do something physical and running _________ that need.

Getting up before six was _________ for me. But I made myself go running three times a week. After starting last summer, I would run with __________ members and talk about my mom with those I’d known better. It helped me put my __________ in the right place to face another day. And it helped me process my feelings after my mom __________ in October.

Although therapy has been the __________ for all the positive things in my life, running has added to that. Together, they have changed my __________ to life and I’m now less anxious than I was. While running, I feel grounded and I live in the __________.