I am a 28.5-year-old woman. I have been overweight for as long as I can remember. That may mean nothing to some of you but to me it means that I have 1.5 years to slim down before my skin really starts to lose elasticity. Can I lose weight at 32? I surely hope so, but I need to get this ball rolling sooner rather than later.
The purpose of this blog is to help motivate me. If I am challenged to write what I’ve done on a particular day I think it will only add to my motivation. And it may help me to stay away from those “three glasses of wine” evenings altogether.
Currently, my weight is about 220 lbs. and I am 5′11″. I write “about 220 lbs.” because I don’t own a scale. Well, one that still works, anyway. It was around 220 at the doctor’s office last week so we’ll just go with that for now. I have a very high amount of body fat to boot! I was in band growing up and marching band was my only “sport”. Not that marching band isn’t tough – I thought some of those parades would never end! – but it’s no soccer.
My goal weight is 160. That will get me back to the size where I felt the most confident of my life. But in addition to merely losing weight, I’m hoping to eat smaller portions of food in more meals throughout the day, exercise more, and become healthier overall. I plan to lose one to two pounds per week (man, I need that scale!) so the whole ordeal should take about a year. I’m giving myself until the end of December 2008, four months before my 30th birthday, to attain my goal weight. And then on my birthday I have permission to blow it all! (Kidding, kidding.)
So, if you’re interested in reading about my progress, stop back nightly.
