Today marks a huge milestone for me. On April 1, 2011 I stepped on the scale it rolled around to 266 pounds. That was the day I was really beginning my trek towards health. My target weight is 200. As of today I’ve dropped 33 pounds, which is 50% of my goal.
The first 33 pounds wasn’t easy to lose. And the difficulty was all in my head. I fell off the wagon and had a couple of false re-starts before jumping back up on the wagon, taking the reins and Continue reading
On Sunday, I ran for 15 minutes. The previous Sunday I was only able to run for 6 minutes. More than doubling the length of time I could run is a pretty big victory in my life right now. It wasn’t easy, and I’m not ashamed to say that after about ten minutes I wanted to stop. My brain was telling my body to stop and my body didn’t want to stop. Continue reading
I’ve been on my self-designed program for three weeks and I’m doing well. Just looking at my workout calendar I’m estimating my workouts this week averaged 40 minutes, not counting evening walks which I count but do not figure into my “official” workouts. Continue reading
I sit down at my desk five or six times a week to write a blog post about whatever I’m thinking about that day. Usually it’s got something to do with something I’ve read or heard that I’m using for inspiration. The reason I write these blog posts isn’t because I know something that you don’t know, or because I think I’ve found the answer to anything. I write just to share my thoughts because I know that writing them down will help me flesh them out for myself. Also I hope something I write will cause you to think about things in a slightly different way and maybe hopefully improve your life in some way. Continue reading
For the past 17 days, I’ve been obsessive about exercising every day and eating better. I think about getting healthy, and I think about it many times during the day. It’s the first thing I think about when I wake up and I go to sleep thinking about it. I write blog posts about it and share my accomplishments on Facebook. I talk about it with my friends and my family every chance I get and I have no plans to stop talking about it any time soon. Continue reading
On Sunday, January 1st I got on the treadmill and tested myself. I’d been in a slump for a few months. My eating habits had gotten bad again, working out was a rare occurrence and I’d gained back ten pounds of the 26 I’d lost. Stepping on that treadmill was like starting all over again from zero. I wanted to know how long I could run, so I warmed up with a five minute brisk walk and then kicked it up and started running. After about a minute I was very winded. By the time I got to two minutes my throat was burning and Continue reading