Long Bones

So you want to lose some weight? Found yourself on the wrong side of the scale? Your old “fat jeans” have become your “every day jeans” and even those are getting tight. You don’t have the endurance or energy to go out hiking or play very long with your friend’s kids and you’ve pretty much stopped having sex because that involves being naked. With another person.

I’m here to help. I’ve been pretty successful so far in my weight loss journey and honestly the things that have worked are not necessarily the things that they say will work.

So my first tip for you: Start today. Start right now. Do not wait for the right time, tomorrow isn’t the right time. Neither is next week. I don’t care if you have half a cake at home waiting to be eaten. Stick it in the freezer and forget about it. Or if you can’t (I couldn’t when this first started) stick it in the trash. And then cover it with used kitty litter. If you are meeting friends for lunch today get a sane option and skip the soda. Eat half and write down the calories. Take a walk after work. Start this moment.

The weather says we might get snow tonight. Last year we had snow in late September too. Not quite sure how I feel about this…

Today is the first day of the rest of my life. Or the next twelve weeks. Which ever comes sooner.

Orientation for the fitness challenge was intimidating and overwhelming. The trainer went through a series of exercises really quickly that seemed to be far beyond my skill level. I didn’t try them while I was there. I am going to attempt the fitness regime on Wednesday but I would really really like to go over it with my mother first. She’s actually taking lessons to be a personal trainer – it would be really handy if she didn’t live in Mexico.

I did do 30 minutes on the treadmill, mostly at 3.0 and 3.5 but I did get up to 4.0 a couple of times. 15 minutes at 3% incline, 10 minutes at 5% incline. That was pretty nice.