I want to go to England.
I've wanted to go for years, and have made it my goal to go before I turn 36 on May 11, 2012.
There is one thing I want to do before I go to England.
I want to lose 200 pounds.
I don't want to go to England and be the "fat American". I want to be able to enjoy every aspect of the trip, from the flight over and walking tours to shopping and blending in.
Losing 200 pounds is actually going to be more than one thing, it's going to be a million little things. One of those little things I did today: I walked up and down 4 flights of stairs today on break (and around the building once to catch my breath!) to help burn off some calories.
Some of the other things I'm going to do:
-eat high-volume low-calorie foods.
-make better food choices.
-drink lots of water.
-walk, climb stairs, lift weights, etc to burn calories.
I'm going to keep this blog to keep me accountable to myself, and if I get some people following this blog, to keep myself accountable to them as well.
I'm going to try to track things each day, such as: weight, measurements, mental level (depression has been a lifelong enemy, and it's always depression that has taken down my other attempts at a healthy lifestyle change), activity level (exercise), food intake and inspirational quotes.
My starting weight (today's weight): is 378.4 pounds.
My mental level today: is about an 8 (on a scale of 0-10, with 0 being on the ledge with a knife to my wrist and 10 being my perception of a fully-functioning normal person)
My exercise for today was: walking up and down 4 flights of stairs, and walking once around the building I work at.
My food intake today was: not great, because I didn't plan on starting this until this afternoon. I will moderate my dinner tonight and all food from now on.
My inspirational quote today is:
"A body at rest tends to stay at rest; a body in motion tends to stay in motion."
I saw this quote today, and it really hit home. For the last month, I've been working a temp job, and I've noticed that it's been very easy to do housework and other chores right after coming home from work. I've been more productive in the last month in terms of keeping up with stuff than I was the entire 8 months I was laid-off. I'm in motion in terms of work and chores, and now I want to get in motion in terms of healthy eating and exercising.
I need to track down my tape measure before I can do any measurements, so we'll shoot for that tomorrow, as well as posting my first progress pictures.
Here's to me! Here's to London in 2012!
