The steam is building ... now I just need to let it propel me down the track.
Wow, a good cheesy metaphor to start off this blog. You know it's gotta be a keeper. LOL
Seriously though. I have some new found motivation today for a healthier lifestyle. A few hours ago, I ran across the blog of a friend (I cannot actually remember my random route that landed me there, but I am grateful for it.) His blog is mostly centered around running, but in doing so, he speaks a lot of healthy lifestyles and creating habits that are good for his future.
This week, my friend will be running a 15k, a goal he set in January and has pushed himself to achieve. I am excited for him and proud of him. :)
The biggest surprise for me in reading his blog though is not his titillating writing style, or his UNDERSERVING jabs at himself, but the fact that on starting this blog, he weighed in at 294 lbs. I am astounded! I never knew. I always looked at him (and still do) as someone I'd like to look like. I idolize him ... in weight, jobs, life (house, kids), economics and his hardworking attitude. I haven't lost any respect or admiration on knowing his weight, in contrary. It has made things like running, and his energy level more attainable to me.
I currently weigh 330 lbs. (It feels like 500 somedays)
Just being within 40 lbs of him makes me feel like I could run, I could take control and do this.
Why do I get so full of motivation at 1 am all the time?
A few others things have been going on lately, but I'll blog on them tomorrow. I have suddenly hit a wall and can barely keep my eyes ajar. Lucky that I'm such a good typer and don't need to see. ;)
Some things to look forward to:
moving
school
surgery
bed times
jobs
surgery
meds
Wow, that seems kinda ominous and intense. Trust me, it's really not ... or at least I don't think it is.
Eli,
ReplyDeleteYou CAN do this. No question about it. Start with something small, for example, IIRC you have an iPhone. Download an app called runkeeper, then go to runkeeper.com and register.
When you're there you can punch in your weight, height etc and when you run or walk just turn on runkeeper. Then plop that beautiful Lucy into a stroller if she'll deal, or a wagon or something and just go for a 30 minute walk around the block.
I think what you'll find is that you'll burn up a ton of calories pretty quick. I find I burn 250-300 a mile just because it expends a lot of energy to move 280 lbs. But what's better is that I come home and I want to try and do better the rest of the day. Some days I do, some days I don't. I try not to sweat that part either way.
Anyway, runkeeper, it's a god send. If you can bang out 2 miles that's minimum 500 calories. Produce yourself a 500 calorie deficit everyday for a year and that's 52 lbs a year. Consistently producing a 500 calorie deficit daily is hard, but I think you get the idea.
One more thing I really wish I had done, get your body fat taken before you really get going on an exercise program. If I stopped exercising today, I would lose probably 10 lbs in the next two weeks in muscle and replace it with fat. (As in lose 10 lbs but be bigger in the waist and such) Losing fat or inches can keep you motivated while you're replacing fat weight with heavier muscle weight.
Thanks for the compliments. I don't get to write in the blog as often as I'd like. I used to have a job that involved lots of screwing off, but now I'm a project lead on a bunch of shit and so I end up working at work instead of writing in a blog. I really enjoy it and it helps keep me motivated when I'm struggling.