Here I Go Again

I've done this once, I've done it twice, in fact mostly likely this isn't even my third attempt. But I'm going to try and lose wait....AGAIN. I'm hopeful though that this is the time it'll actually work. Several years back, well probably about 8 I was successful at losing weight, a lot of it, over 80 pounds. But slowly at first then rapidly I gained it back. Now I'm at the place where my health is in danger, and I have to do this for me. So my husband and I have tried to start making our lives more active.

So this is where I'm at today, I'm 5'9", female (if you didn't figure that out by the name) and I weighed last Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 236.5 pounds. Today, Monday, May 18, 2009 I weighted 235.5 pounds. In the last week I started doing Kettlenetics, I'm walking during my lunch hour, and Nick (my husband of nearly 13 years) and I purchased bicycles and have started biking. So far on Wednesday and Friday I did about 20 minutes of kettlenetics, and I walked approximately 3 miles each day last week at lunch (besides Monday). Saturday Nick and I biked 6 miles in extremely windy conditions, and on Sunday we biked 11 miles.

So far today I did 40 minutes of Kettlenetics, walked for 40 minutes, and this evening we plan to take at least a 6 mile bike ride.

This blog will be about my accomplishments, my failures, my frustrations, my happiness, all those emotions that go along with losing weight. All the things that frigthen me, annoy me, etc. I also have a knitting blog, but in an effort to keep that strictly knitting I'm starting this blog to help and hopefully motivate myself.

Last Monday when I went to the doctor to get a short, they checked my blood pressure, it was through the roof at 158/98. Two weeks before that when I checked it at Sam's Club it was 148/90. Don't worry though, it doesn't stay that high, Sunday I checked my blood pressure and it was a much healthier 126/70. But still it was a wake-up call that now is the time for me to quit making excuses, get active, and lose this weight.

So that is where I'm at. Hopefully in a couple of years I'll reach my target weight. I'm hoping though the slower I lose the weight, the longer I'll keep it off. But for now, I'll just be happy to see the scale going in the proper direction.