A year of change

[aelfie]

I meant to write this last week....I got busy. Sue me. =)

On May 10, 2011 I woke up determined to make a change. There are things I want to do. There are things I want to accomplish. There are places I want to go. I can't do that in this sized body. In one year I lost 35 lbs. Officially kept of over 20 (i.e. never bounced above a 20 lb loss) and on

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[inflectionpoint]

Dude!

A 30 lb weight loss is a huge accomplishment. It is something to be proud of.

I'm guessing it is about 10% of your total weight, and in WW, you get a pin for it, because it is a BIG DEAL. I am proud of you!

(Fwiw, I'm down 5 lbs in three months. My goal is to lose another 10, for better climbing performance. There are things I can't do at my current weight that I want to do. And damn, but losing weight is HARD.)

You are doing great and I hope you are proud of yourself. It's hard work.

Are there any kinds of movement that you like better than others? (I hate strength training and love it at the same time, kinda a weird relationship.) If there are some that you like better, I'd try to get those to happen - I only started losing when I'd built up a reasonable amount of muscle, so now I am a fan of building muscle as part of losing weight.)

You are kicking butt! Go go go you!

[aelfie]

Its just a hair shy of a 10% weight loss. If I wanted I'd now qualify for Bariatric Surgery. (Which is something in the back of my brain. Not sure I want to do that yet)

Losing weight is hard no matter how much you have to lose.

Movement: I love to dance, its just fitting it into my schedule that's a bitch. And I'm working on healing my foot. I've got a lingering foot injury that makes it painful to do any movement (I do it anyway and just suck it up. Its getting better.) And I loathe strength training, but I agree...I feel better when I do it.

I saw a thingy at the Y advertising a team effort for the Rock and Roll Half Marathon in October. I may train for that. A half marathon should only take about 4 hours (based on prior experience) and its nearly 5 months to train for it. I hate exercising and running, but I do like doing these group efforts.