Me last September, not much has changed.
My name is Linda. I am 43 years old (as of 2 weeks and 5 days ago). I am 5'3" tall. I weigh 230 pounds. I am obese. Several years ago I was diagnosed with high blood pressure. I have pain in my knees when I go up and down stairs. I simply weigh too much. This is me from the outside and what my body has become over the last 15 years. It is not who I am on the inside. On the inside I still feel like that normal sized person that I used to be. Sometimes I am startled by what I see in the mirror or in pictures of myself. I don't want to be the person that I am on the outside. I want to be who I feel like on the inside. I want to wear the clothes that I used to wear. (Not literally the same ones, LOL, but you know what I mean.) I want to be able to carry a load of laundry up the stairs with out knee pain and huffing and puffing. I want to feel good and be active. I want the person I am on the inside, to be the person that I am on the outside, too.
Me about 17 years ago, with my niece Allison.
Thus, I am starting this blog.... I am going to attempt to go a mile each day. Whether it is walking, running, biking, rollerblading or something else, I hope to log 365 miles by June 12 of 2013. I invite you to join me if you are so inclined. This blog will be about so much more than just logging miles, however. It will be about the daily challenges and successes that I meet along the way. I know a mile a day isn't much for some people, but for me it is a stretch and will be about developing new habits. At times I will take my camera along with me and journal my day's journey through photos. I have a budding interest in amateur photography and this could be a great opportunity to explore that interest. I am not crazy enough to think that I will get back to where I was at 23, but I want to feel good and be normal sized again. I know its going to take a lot of effort and that I will have good days and bad. I am hoping that those of you reading will help to inspire me to keep trying.
I walked my first mile this afternoon. I helped a turtle cross the road. :)
It felt good to get out in the fresh air and begin my journey toward the person that I know I am on the inside.
Care to join me?
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