Day One May 14, 2008
Started listening to the daily boost and within a short time became a member .
Lucky enough to be able to listen to as much of Scott as I want to at work. So I listen until I am tired of his voice. Tee hee. And I come home geared up for the day. It is so lovely to hear someone saying, “You can do it—here let me help.” I LOVE IT!
I am in a very stressful situation and decided to put that adrenaline to some good and I started walking to work (a mile both ways) most days in April and May. Then finally committed to the challenge when I realized that it was about the same amount of time until Stamp Camp, which is Labor Day weekend. So there is a built in reward at the end of this 100 days in addition to the positive changes I will see in my fitness. I started my 100-day countdown on May 14.
I have fibromyalgia and hurt all the time which is part of the not doing extra moving for many years. It is like having arthritis and a horrid flu (minus the stuffy head). I don’t know a better way to explain it. I try not to let it affect my life as much as possible but any energy I have goes into functioning for the family and work and not going towards my fitness. I decided though that I could only feel better by being more fit and not lugging around this extra weight. My kids are way out of the “I have to take care of your every physical need” stage and into the teenage plus stage of “Let me wear you out mentally”. My extra (ha) time is going to be spent on me for the first time in a long time.
I can only see benefits coming from this. One is that I have an active family. At this time we have three teens at home and a grown daughter, hubby and baby.We have always hiked with our six kids and we dragged them everywhere we have gone since they were tiny. I would like to do this without the extra weight and maybe even like hiking instead of feeling obligated to do this because I love them and I know it is good for them and I believe that family activities are good for all of us”. I would like to like biking with my dh and when my son gets home from Iraq I would like to be able to go climbing with him and not just take pictures from the ground.
I am almost afraid to put my goal in writing or vocalize it. Gee, I will feel committed. I will have to do something if I let someone else know about it. How will I ignore it when it is out there on the web for all to see? I really must be determined to do this.
I am 5’ 7 and started at 213 lbs in January. Had not weighed myself until Day One. Just from the walking to work, I am at 206 and I have lost 2 inches off my abdomen—that lower pudgy area below the belt? Yeah that area. Just from walking. I had been feeling as though it was pointless since nothing seemed to have budged. Those inches really made me feel good because I had not altered my lifestyle that much. Yippee!!!
So here goes:
My goal is to weigh 140 lbs by Memorial Day of 2009.
As a baby step, I would like to lose 15 lbs by Labor Day –good ‘ole Stamp Camp weekend.
So far so good. Saying it didn’t kill me. Now I have to figure out how.
Day Fifty-five
Boy does that seem like a long time ago. I have been moving on a regular basis; somedays more than others. Getting computer time is hard around here with the eight of us and doesn’t always work into my schedule. But I have been keeping a written log of exercise and started keeping a food journal because my brain doesn’t always remember . I would also like to see if there is a pattern of behavior.
Going through a fibro flare for the past couple of weeks. It has been causing hassles but it has been this up and down pattern for a long time and I continue to adjust. But I have walked at least five days a week each week this month which is now July.
Since Day One, 14 May I have lost 16 lbs. Yippee! That alone keeps me motivated. I haven’t seen 190 in ages. Hello ole friend! I have passed my goal of fifteen pounds by Stamp Camp and am now going for 25 by then (Labor Day weekend). I CAN DO IT!
I have no illnesses (I did have) and reading your post motivates me to get off my big butt and do something with my life instead of whine.
