It's an EVERYDAY thing!

Well it’s been a couple weeks since I started this blog and I figure it’s about time to update. The first week or so wasn’t very good. I worked out twice, and tried to watch what I ate but it wasn’t something I did everyday. I’ve come to realize that I must make correct decisions EVERYDAY.

My father has a saying, as cliché as it may sound, “Not to decide IS to decide”. And oh how it applies to changing your life. As human beings we establish our life into a lot of little habits. We have eating habits, sleeping habits, excersize habit, work habits, etc. And it’s these habits that ultimately dictate where we end up. I ended up at 285lbs because I habitually didn’t work out. I can’t say I habitually ate badly because I didn’t. I’d grab the occasional unhealthy snack, but I’d rarely eat fast food, fried foods or high fat foods. But when you move as much as a snail in molasses in January, you’re not going to lose any weight. Well I’ve had to break my habits. Breaking habits is something that requires you to make an active decision every day. I’ve gotten on the elliptical or did a lot of yard work over the weekend or have gone for very vigorous “walks” at night. But the key has been to do something EVERYDAY. It’s too easy to fall into the old habits. I look at where I’ve been and say to myself “is this what I want?” And luckily, it only takes 30minutes to and hour a day to change this. But that’s a new habit. Once I get into the habit of a work out a day, I’ll be on the path to making myself be more of who I feel I should be.

Where does all this lead, well my goal for myself is 200 pounds. That’s a healthy me. Is it ideal, no. 180’s is my ideal weight, but 200 is the number where I’m active and don’t feel my weight. My blood pressure will be lower on it’s own. My knees wont take the pounding they’re taking now, my back won’t be carrying and 80lb weight. Bottom line is, I’ll be healthy and active. So how long will it take. Well I weight myself every Tuesday. This morning I weighted 277 lbs. By being much more active, I’ve dropped 8 pounds. I have another 77 pounds to go. Needless to say I’m seeing this as a journey. At this rate, I’ll hit my goal in 6 months. Most people see 6 months as a long time away, but considering it took me 15 years to be this heavy, 6 months isn’t that bad.