5'2". 219.7 lbs. Age?: 36. Exercise?: none. Eating healthy?: only if brownies count. Cigarettes?: 8-10 a day. Dr. Pepper?: 2 per day. Sleep?: not enough or too much. Energy?: barely. T.V. time?: 4-5 hrs a day. Medications?: 2 Anti-Depressants, Anti-Anxiety, Beta-Blocker, Weight Loss pills. Life?: Miserable!
Hi, My name is Stephanie. I am not a fictional person. This is the real me as painful as it is to say. 6 years ago when I married my husband I weighed 130 lbs. I had my second child and went up to 160. This wasn't so bad except that in the past year I have gone up to 220. I have a Costco sized muffin top and my kids make comments on the regular that I look like I am pregnant. I am down to 2 pair of jeans that fit and that's only if I lay down and suck in as hard as I can to get them zipped up. I have a giant closet of clothes and very little barely fit me.
This hasn't bothered me as much as it should. Occasionally I will catch a glance of myself in a store window or my mirror and I think "Ugh!". I used to wish I could get back to 130 but now I wish I could just get back down to 160. According to medical science, I am OBESE. It's finally hit me that I need to do something about this now or it's only going to get worse and thus shorten my life span. I have 2 kids and I never imagined that I might not see them grow up but it's a real possibility. Now I don't want to be as dramatic as those people who are around the 300-400 lb. range, but I am a very unhealthy person... and I want to change.
The reason I started this blog is that I am issuing myself a 1 Year Challenge. What I mean by that is how would my life, my body, and my health look after just 1 year if I could change all my bad habits and replace them with good ones. Exercise rather than watch T.V. Drink water rather than soda pop. Eat a healthy diet rather than junk. Quit smoking and try to get off all my medications. Is it possible? Yes... but only if I put for all my energy and desire to do so. So this blog is a means for me to capture on a daily basis how I am changing my life (if that is what I do) or something that people can read and think "What a pathetic person!" I know in this day of age that everyone has a blog and this is not going to reach a mass amount of viewers, but hopefully those who see it will help encourage me to reach my goals... which are:
Height: 5'2". This isn't going to change how much I try!
Weight: 150. That's 70 lbs. About 1.5 lbs a week.
Exercise: 1 hr. a day.
Eating Habits: A healthy blend of proteins, carbs, fruits, vegetables, lots of water. Sorry... can't give up my coffee!
Cigarettes: none. This is a big one since I keep promising my daughter that I will quit.
Dr. Pepper: only on special occasions.
Sleep: A good 8 hrs. a night.
Energy: Enough to work a full day and still come home to care for my children, husband and house.
T.V. time: cut it back to 1-2 hrs a day.
Medications: I want to be off of all by the end of the year.
Life: AMAZING!
So most people traditionally start something like this on a Monday. Who knows why, but it never works. It's Friday and I am starting but not off to a good start. I am sitting here at work eating a big fat muffin after having had a bagel for breakfast. I haven't done a single thing even in the smallest bit to start this off right. I know I can't change overnight and I don't want anyone to expect me to. I just hope that in the next 365 days I can accomplish my goals. I will be brutally honest here! When I screw up, and I know that I will, I will document it and you can all chastise me for it. But maybe the next day I can pick up and start going again. I believe that if I truly want this, I will find the power within me to change.
I hope you all check back and watch me change... or just yell at me if I don't. I will post pictures once a week to show where I'm at. I plan on trying many different methods of exercising and eating and will let you know all about them. And I hope that in 1 years time I will have reached my goals (or exceeded them!) and make this a permanent life change. But for now... back to my muffin.
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