Journey to Wholeness

DAY 1 – 9/11/07

Yikes!!! This is weird…throwing all my thoughts and struggles with weight loss out for the whole world to see. I guess it really doesn’t matter because this is really about wholeness and health and legacy for my kids and wife.

Here’s what’s going to happen

• I will lose 60 lbs in the next 6-8 months. I’m 5′6 and weigh 230lbs. I have a keg for a gut but I can sometimes feel my washboard stomach if I push real hard.
• Mostly it’s my midsection that needs the most attention. The legs are fine and my wife says my butt looks good. I’m not sure since I can’t see it but I’ll take her word for it.
• Upper body needs some attention but mostly my midsection.
• I’m an XL in shirt and a size 38-40 in pants. The goal is to return to a M-L shirt (I’ve got big shoulders/chest) and a size 32-34 pant.
• Sadly, I fall into the Obese II category which has a scale between 35.0-39.9. This sucks to write but I’m a 37 on the stupid scale.
• According to the experts (cough), I should be at 155-160lbs. I’m going to get there no matter what.

Anyway, I started to walk/run this AM. Here is what it looked like:

• Woke up @ 5:00am (I’m a morning person by nature). Tried to convince myself that because of the rain it wasn’t a good idea to start today. I then convinced myself to get my arse downstairs and just do it. I did it.
• Walked .7 miles very briskly and then rumbled along for .3 for a total of 15 minutes.
• Once I started my day at work I realized that I should have done more. My body is not sore which was encouraging.
• 9/12/07 – Going for 2 miles. Will walk 1.5 and run .5.