Sping is a time where living things spring from the ground and we all emerge from our winter hideouts. Its a time when we look back to the hard winter we have just emerged from and look forward to the fun times that are expected to be ahead for us as we enjoy the summer sun and Gods blessings. After a period of time off from this blog I feel its time to start it back up again start to record my thoughts and hopes once again.
I promise to provide no excuses for the last 2+ months and my lack of doing anything about my weight. Besides school being unbelieveable hectic and the fact that I just could not go outside to do anything I really dont have any more excuses so I will not even try to make some up. The only thing I can do now is to fall on my sword, admit my mistakes and go forward with my mission. So that is what I am doing today on this blog, admitting mistakes and realizing that I can screw up but that screw up should not ruin all the good things I have done so far. So in the interest of moving forward…here goes.
The 60 in 60 experiemnet was stupid! Knowing myself as well as I do pressure to perform like that was not a motivating factor but pressure I could literally feel. When under pressure I have always turned to food to help me through and although I didnt eat like a sow and gain a huge pile of weight I crumbled under the pressure and hid from the world. I have gotten back into some bad habits but not so deep into them that I cannot reverse them. Some good things are that I still have not had any soda since my surgery date and french fries are not things I even crave anymore. I still take turkey sandwiches to work and dont eat incredibly bad stuff while at work. I have tended to eat crap while at home but thats only because nobody has wanted to actually make meals so that is something I have to reverse. I have to focus on the good things I have continued to do and realize that I have not really done all that bad. I am in a far better place than I was last year at this time and it will only get better!
Now that it is getting nicer I can resume walking outside now. I have been walking inside at work but that has become so old and boring that the last few weeks I have almost stopped the afternoon walks. Today I have resumed these walks but I know in a week or 2 I will be able to be outside and enjoythe great weather on my lunch hour instead of watching white walls go by.
I am so looking forward to so many things this summer. Things such as walks by the lake, Picnics with my wife and ballgames and concerts. I was able tolose a good amount of weight last summer and fall and that is what I intend to do again this coming summer. I will not set a goal weight for the end of summer but will definitly work to drop as many pounds as I can.
As to the weigh ins and other stuff to keep me honest. I will resume my weigh ins in 2 weeks as the next 2 Saturdays I will be at school and unable to get to the doctors office. In 2 weeks….April 11th I will report where I am with the weight and take an actual picture of it as I promised before. Its time to get back into action and there is no better time than now to get it started!
