It’s been a while….
Marian June 13th, 2009
It’s been a while since I have made any contributions here!
Since my last post I have undertaken some changes! For the past several years, I have have had a variety of problems with my feet, which has curtailed a lot of my activity. But, last Autumn, I had a catharsis! Time to make a change. As I approach the half century mark in my life, and look to the future with a challenged child, I decided I need to do a little maintenance on myself! I also knew that I would need to learn to work through the pain in my feet. Some days are better than others, and some are really great! But, this whole process is 90% mental!
In September, I saw that a new gym was opening near my son’s school.. So, I waited, though September, then October. In October, before the gym was even open, I joined. I waited a while longer and just before Thanksgiving it finally opened! 
So begins my journey. I weighed for the first time on 9 December, and found that I was the heaviest I had ever been. That alone help to strengthen my resolve. I had already started going to the gym 5 – 6 days per week. I also began to watch the portions during meals. I have never been a big junk food eater, that wasn’t my problem… I just went for 2nds and 3rds too often! Bread was also a major pitfall for me! I allow for only 1,200 calories per day, and aim for a minimum of 30 minutes of cardio at least 6 days per week. With the help of a great Personal Trainer, I began to incorporate strength training into my workout, and I started seeing results.
By mid December I had started losing weight. On New Years day I was down 11 lbs. In early March it was 20 lbs. Now, here we are in June, and I have lost 40 lbs. I don’t plan to stop here. I now am running a bit, not fast mind you, but running none-the-less!
Today, I have been to the gym and done 2.25 miles on the treadmill and burned 420 calorie in the process, I have also walked 1.15 miles with my children and burned 191 calories. We are going to get in another 2 mile walk before the afternoon is over!
More later!