20% Status Update

Well I did it, in fact I'm a bit past it, but I've reached 20% of my goal. I'm very happy about this, it makes it seem real. There is still a very long road ahead however. But I'm up for it. Other stats:

Bike Riding - 250 miles so far
AM Aerobics - Every day except for the week I was sick
Walking at Lunch - Every day the weather and/or is permitting which has been more days than not.

Now comes the part I'm not enthralled with. People are starting to notice, in fact every day at work someone else comments on the fact I'm losing weight. I am not a fan of this part. At this point everyone starts thinking they should encourage you and tell you how well your doing, etc. Then they start in about how they should really lose some weight, etc. Its boring, obnoxious, and annoying. Honestly I'm not doing this to hear how good I look or how proud people are of me (except of course for my husband), I'm doing this because I need to get healthy and not worry about the poor health consequences of being overweight. And quite honestly again, I don't care if other people feel like they need to lose weight, I don't want to hear their weight loss wows. Maybe this is selfish, but right now me losing weight is about me. I don't want to talk about it, okay obviously that isn't completely true, as I do a little bit or I wouldn't do the blog. But I want to talk about it on my terms in my own way.

This blog is more about me coming to terms with the things/events that have made me fat and how to deal with them and move on, then me bragging to the world that I've lost weight. Its kinda a journal, that I'm trying to be as honest in as possible, so that hopefully this path is a healthier one then the last time I attempted permanent weight loss. Which I obviously failed pitifully at!

So the beginning of annoyance is starting, there is an end in sight, its months and months away, but it will end, and until then I think I'll practice thinking up witty responses to people's observations and questionings, and even their own, "I should really try to lose weight."