Category Archives: Beginnings

Well, my thighs are now 23.5 inches and my waist is 31.5 inches.

I may not be seeing big weight gain, but I’m still slowly loosing inches.

Today, at the gym, I used the machine that changes incline but will maintain a constant speed.  I managed to do the entire 30 minutes at 4 miles per hour at a maximum of 15% incline.  354 calories down, heart rate up to 176.  Before I started, I took my heart rate and it was 65.  That is the best I think it has ever been.

I’m almost looking forward to getting my blood work done in July.  I actually want to see what my cholesterol numbers are.  I would love to lower my weight to 145 or so… heck, I would just like to get past the plateau that I’m on… but I have to realize that I can get there.

Been looking at web sites on Tai Chi, too.  I think less stress sounds really nice.  I think I would feel like a big giant dork trying to learn the moves, but hey… I didn’t think I would ever be able to maintain a 4 mile per hour pace and I am upping my time and my speed over the next week or so.

Discovery Health National Body Challenge is on TV and one of the challengers made a comment that I really like… It’s not about the scale. And it really has gotten to the point with me that it isn’t so much about the scale. Don’t get me wrong… the scale SO still matters to me. I have lost another 5 pounds and that tickles me to death. But my pants are fitting looser and I have to push harder to get my heart rate to reach its target (144) That’s really a good thing. Having to push harder is fantastic! That means I’m getting healthier. My resting pulse rate today was 80. That is way better than the 92 that I measured at Walmart. Now I need to bring it down some more. But it is not about the scale, it is about how much better I keep feeling.

I watched the National Body challenge tonight and it was kind of sobering. I guess I don’t really think that other people are afraid of looking stupid… figure I look stupid a lot. I figure that every time I go to the gym, every time I run, every time I try to look like anything but a fat chick that I look stupid. I know people who come off acting like they never feel stupid no matter what they wear, no matter how they look. I always envy people because I figure there are way more of ‘those’ never feeling like they look stupid people than people like me. Maybe there are more people like me than I think there are.

There is more to life than just winning…

That is so very true, but it also depends on your definition of winning. There is more to life than winning official competitions. But winning is getting up every morning and running and not quitting on myself. Winning is getting on the scale and having lost a whole pound. Winning is getting to the gym every day and pushing to cross train, too.

The teams have 100 pounds each to loose in 6 months. Do I really think that I could loose 50 pounds in only three? Not hardly…