January 10, 2011

Here we are...new year. New me. Truely. This has been said and done before, so I understand if you are skeptical. It is so easy to give in to the things that taste good and feel good...or to the things that require no effort at all.

Life is a whirlwind. It tugs at me and my family 24/7...but this is the year that I turn 40. This is the year that I make the changes or I risk eating away my forties too.

A bit of good news, I did resolve to lose weight last year. It didn't happen how or when I wanted it to. But I did it. Not much. But at my worst last year, I tipped the scales at 252.6.

Wow. That is a number I never want to be anywhere near again on the scales. Let's avoid that one, shall we?

I went on a very strict diet...and dove completely into my Bible for inspiration, courage, and the will to stay obedient on it. With those two lovely partners, I lost 24.4 pounds.

I landed last October at 228.2.

Then we went on vacation. We ate, we partied, we did whatever it is that you do on vacation. You eat your way through the miles of road trip, the theme parks, the overpriced dinners out.

Remarkably, I only gained back about 4 pounds in the span from October to Thanksgiving. I then had the holidays to contend with and only gained one more pound from Thanksgiving to New Years.

A record for me. I'm sure.

At any rate...after trying to start and restart...here I am on 1/10/11. I am weighing in at 232.2.
Thankfully only 4 pounds of my lost weight has returned. Now is where I stop it.

I have some lofty goals.

My December birthday has me in a panic to get serious about the business of bettering my body. I want to lose 50 pounds by the end of April. Maybe another 10 by the end of May. It is graduation season, after all...can't be seen in a moo moo.

Then I have this crazy goal to be in a marathon...but to do that, well I might actually have to get off of the couch. Let's just try walking and maybe hiking for now. So...by the end of May...I want to log 150 miles of either walking or hiking or a combination.

So...there you have it...60 pounds, 150 miles...by May 31st. It is out there...now hold me accountable. :)

Once I have attained both of those goals...I want to move to running. I really want to train for a marathon...don't know where or when...but I want to do it.

To do it now, would mean injury to my body for sure. So I will work my way up to it.

My ULTIMATE goal? By December 25th, Celebrate my Savior's birthday and mine...by being 130 pounds. That is 102 pounds. That is a big goal. But I know that I can do it.

By the time that goal rolls around...that marathon will look like a piece of cake...a piece of cake that I will no longer want to eat...because I have worked tooooo hard! ;)

May this year bring you blessings and the peace of God in a very unpeaceful world.

A slightly smaller, but ever so determined, FAITH!


PS - Other goals include reading the Bible through in a year...begin weight lifting...get out of debt...get a new car...and maybe start my Master's degree program. Phew...I am tired just thinking about it!