Day 1 – Week 1 – 1 minute
That’s it. We’ve begun. There’s no going back now for the next 364 days.
My alarm went off at 0600. Given I hadn’t slept well (perhaps due to the anticipation!) I felt wide-awake as I turned off the alarm. I got up, grabbed my water bottle from next to my bed and went straight to the bathroom. There, I weighed myself, then changed into my exercise clothes and shoes.
Then into the living room, where I keep my ‘bosu’, a nifty exercise tool for the days it is too cold, dark or wet to go outside – and I did one minute of cardio.
That’s it. Then off for a shower, get dressed, breakfast and a cup of tea.
That wasn’t hard, now was it? It did of course mean I spent about five times as long to get ready to exercise than to do the exercise itself, but I guess that’s going to be the case for a while.
I weighed in at 146 pounds (66 kilograms) this morning, which explains why my clothes have been a bit tight. I usually sit around about 140 pounds (63.5 kgs) but after a few weeks holiday in Australia - and all the wine and cheese that went with it – I’m a little over budget!
I have this idea, that if I exercised regularly, I would be about 125 pounds (57 kgs), and that would be my ideal weight, but it has been so long since I have been there, I have no idea! I suppose I’ll find out. If I have some muscle definition and weigh 125 pounds by the end of my year, I will be very happy indeed.
But the good thing is – despite my alarm at the scales this morning, I could take a deep breath and know I have started what it is going to take to shift the weight sooner or later. And all in just one minute! Roll on tomorrow.
Suzi
Suzi,
How tall are you? I am with you but am going to advance to your current status of Week 2 Day 8. I participated in a 6 mile walk on Sunday and think I can advance and finish right along side you except across the continent.
I am from the US – live in Iowa, which is just east of the most middle of the states (Nebraska), actually grew up in Nebraska.
My starting weight is 236 and I am 5′ 6″. I dream of being about 135 but have felt pretty good at 170 and that was when I weighed 195. Can’t even imagine how great that would feel right now but am willing to wait to have it happen.
Thanks.
Pat
PS I am a nurse so I know better and the health risks obesity has on our lives.
Great to have you on board Pat. Wonderful to have a partner in crime.
I am 168 cms tall, which I think also comes in at about 5 ft 6. I am very lucky in that I was always a skinny little thing when I was a kid. It wasn’t until I was in my mid to late 20’s when I stopped waitressing and got a proper sit down job and a car, that I actually realised I was capable of putting weight on. So, while I don’t consider myself overweight at all, it doesn’t mean I wouldn’t like to be able to squeeze into those skinny jeans again one day.
But really, while I am tracking my weight as part of this process, it is not something I am obsessing about. I just have finally come to understand, that whatever your weight, you have got to exercise. You have to get that blood pumping around your body, and get that energy flowing. That’s all there is to it! And if I happen to end up with legs like Gwyneth Paltrow as a result – well, who am I to complain!!