Proud of me
WOOT! I climbed a mountain today! Don't mind me while I rant and brag, but I have something to celebrate here. It may not be a big deal to some people, and no it isn't a very big mountain at all, but who cares.
I am 330 pounds, thats very overweight. At my height it gives me a BMI of 52. Ouch! Yikes! Expliative! I don't enjoy it, but I also sort of gave up trying to change it. Losing weight for me is easy. I have never been able to keep it off - it always comes back, and I always gain more than I lost, no matter how much I stick to the routine, change it up, or quit - the results never vary.
I am also an asthmatic and I have a few other assorted health issues, but I am a mother and my kids are very active. I want to be there for them and do things with them. So we did - Sugarloaf Mountain - http://www.geocities.com/chathammi/sugarloafmtn.html - Towards the top Nate and I were pretty beat, I didn't know whether I wanted to puke or pass out more, we bitched, we talked about giving up, but we didn't. This may be in part to lil miss saying things like "i know it's hard, but don't stop, I'll keep you on track". and she did - our little cheerleader for health.
We finally made the top, took some amazing pictures, rested for about 5 minutes and came back down. It was amazing, glad we did that - all pain aside, I want to do things like this more often. I don't mind having to be fat, but I'd like to at least be healthy too.
Oh did I mention I did all of this with only one ankle?
Yea eat you heart out Lance Armstrong, you uno-testicled bastard. You and King Kong ain't got nothing on me!
I am 330 pounds, thats very overweight. At my height it gives me a BMI of 52. Ouch! Yikes! Expliative! I don't enjoy it, but I also sort of gave up trying to change it. Losing weight for me is easy. I have never been able to keep it off - it always comes back, and I always gain more than I lost, no matter how much I stick to the routine, change it up, or quit - the results never vary.
I am also an asthmatic and I have a few other assorted health issues, but I am a mother and my kids are very active. I want to be there for them and do things with them. So we did - Sugarloaf Mountain - http://www.geocities.com/chathammi/sugarloafmtn.html - Towards the top Nate and I were pretty beat, I didn't know whether I wanted to puke or pass out more, we bitched, we talked about giving up, but we didn't. This may be in part to lil miss saying things like "i know it's hard, but don't stop, I'll keep you on track". and she did - our little cheerleader for health.
We finally made the top, took some amazing pictures, rested for about 5 minutes and came back down. It was amazing, glad we did that - all pain aside, I want to do things like this more often. I don't mind having to be fat, but I'd like to at least be healthy too.
Oh did I mention I did all of this with only one ankle?
Yea eat you heart out Lance Armstrong, you uno-testicled bastard. You and King Kong ain't got nothing on me!