ONE year... ONE Hundred Pounds

I've made a decision. It's not a decision that I take lightly because I've made similar decisions many many times over the years. I've been pondering this decision for days. I even faltered last night and thought to myself "you're crazy" this will never happen. I'm even afraid to tell my family and friends because I find myself feeling like the little boy who cried "Wolf".

Nevertheless, I've made my decision. I'm giving myself ONE year to lose ONE HUNDRED pounds. It's a BIG number. It scares the crap out of me. And, I'm not one hundred percent confident in my ability to achieve it. But, I "see" it in my future vision. I've never been able to do that before. Now... the easy stuff is out of the way. (I almost said hard stuff, but we all know that's not true.) I know enough about myself that I won't make it if I focus on the big number so my first order of business is to focus on a small number.. a manageble number... a number that doesn't scare the beeejeeezus out of me.

12 Weeks... 25 pounds. (Starting January 8th)
My goals for the first 12 weeks are as follows:

• Within 12 weeks I will lose 25 lbs.
• Within 12 weeks I will improve my fitness level to the point where I can run a mile without seeing "stars", tossing my cookies, or wishing my knees were made of titanium.
• Within 12 weeks I will reduce my cholesterol by 25 points.

I will post all of my stats on January 8th. This week and next are prep in nature. I'm leaving Wednesday to visit friends in Ohio for a huge New Years Eve Party weekend. I'm not unrealistic here. While it will be a last hooray of sorts, it will not be a hedonistic food & alcohol bender. New Year's Eve will be my free day. The other days I will exercise moderation.

My goal coming back from this weekend is NOT to weigh anymore than I do today which is horrific because it's 7 pounds more than I weighed two weeks ago. (How does that happen?)Just to keep it real... My current weight is 249. I will honestly post my weight here on January 4th. God help me.

This week's goals

• Water - 128 ounces a day... that's a gallon people! I'm sure I'll be blogging from the ladies room before it's all over.
• Pantry - Clean that sucker out and get rid of all the junk!

Margaret
"Save your strength for the things you can change and forgive the ones you can't" -- Zac Brown Band