Every journey must start somewhere. My journey starts on the scale in my parent's bathroom. After being sick of my jeans not fitting and looking at new pictures tagged of myself on facebook, I realize I have a problem. It isn't a problem that is going to be fixed with ease. I stepped on the scale today and it read 239 pounds. 239 pounds! That puts my BMI at 32.4, which is well into the obesity range. I know the BMI scale is flawed but it does show that I have a problem. I am overweight. I need your help. Follow my journey as I begin to loose weight and learn what Christ teaches me along the way. Support me by commenting, calling, or even working out with me. Today is a new day in my life. I know that I will probably never reach my high school wrestling weight at 171, but I know with Christ I can return to a safe, healthy weight. Here is how it is going to happen . . .
1.) prayer
nothing in life is done in the absence of prayer. Communication with Jesus Christ will provide me with strength.
2.) accountability
I will have a weakly blog post where I will post what I did during the week, how I feel, and how much weight I have lost. This is where you come in. I need you all to comment when I post and call me if I don't! I will try to make this as exciting as possible.
3.) the plan
I will be doing intense cardio with the DVD work out plan Insanity. Made by the same guys that made p90x. Should be . . . well. . . Insane.
4.) smart choices
Dieting makes it sounds like I am taking something away. Instead, I will make smart choices and smaller portions when I eat.
Thank you for reading this and I will post every Wednesday. Here is a "before" photo. More to come
Weezie,
ReplyDeleteYou could do what me and Will are doing... We are only allowing ourselves to eat sweets (sweet tea and coke/anything like that counts as a sweet) on Saturdays (none during the week)... We've been doing this for a few weeks, and believe it or not, it's not as hard as it sounds... I'm just trying to stay the same weight since I hurt my ankle and am not getting any exercise. But, I know Will has lost almost 20 lbs just by eating better, eating less, cutting out a lot of sweets, and doing the P90X thing... Hang in there!!! With some will power, it'll come off fast. :)
Weezie! I know you can do it! I did the same thing last summer... I had gained 12 pounds (ok I know this is not a lot, but it's a pants size)... I just excercised the SAME WAY consistently every day! and cut out sweets except for one day a week.I tried to make that day my busiest day so I wouldn't even remember to eat any. Also, packing your lunch really helps!
ReplyDeleteoops this is Ariel by the way!
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