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To Thine Own Self Be True
I began 2011 at 242 pounds. I was a fairly happy person, and was usually content with life, but I wasn’t really living. I turned down opportunities because I let my poor health and body image hold me back. Life was happening, and I was only a part-time participant. At the beginning of the year in 2011, I decided to get serious.
Two years have now passed and I have lost 79 pounds. There have been stops and restarts, but no reversals and I never quit. My healthy habits are now well ...
I began 2011 at 242 pounds. I was a fairly happy person, and was usually content with life, but I wasn’t really living. I turned down opportunities because I let my poor health and body image hold me back. Life was happening, and I was only a part-time participant. At the beginning of the year in 2011, I decided to get serious.
Two years have now passed and I have lost 79 pounds. There have been stops and restarts, but no reversals and I never quit. My healthy habits are now well established and I continue to tweak those habits to make them better. I have not reached my goal yet, but I do not despair. I relish the better life I have created for myself. I am living life full time now, instead of hiding on the sidelines.
I believe that good health is not just about eating right and exercising, one most also learn about who they are, what they want and life and why. I have always loved the advice from Polonius to his son Laertes in "Hamlet" and it applies to this undertaking wonderfully: "This above all: to thine own self be true".
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Member Since: 8/30/2008
SparkPoints: 6,144
Fitness Minutes: 1,474
My Goals:
Fitness Goals:
- Go 1 Month with walking/running at least a mile a day
- Go 2 Months with walking/running at least a mile a day
- Go 3 Months with walking/running at least a mile a day
- Train for 5K
- Run my first 5K
- Go 1 Month with doing Strength Training 3 times a week
- Go 2 Months with doing Strength Training 3 times a week
- Go 3 Months with doing Strength Training 3 times a week
- Be able to do the entire Spark People Cardio DVD (especially the Boot Camp)
- Get to the point where I genuinely like exercising
Weight Goals:
I started calculating % goals after I had already lost some weight, so it is off by about 6 pounds.
• Lose 10%
• Lose 15%
• Lose 20%
• Get below 200 lbs
• Move from obese to overweight BMI
• Lose 25%
• Lose 30%
• Lose 35%
• Move from overweight to normal BMI
• Lose 100 pounds
• Lose 40%
• Maintain weight of 150-140 pounds depending on what looks best
My Program:
I am staying in my calorie range and using my Spark People nutrition Tracker everyday.
I am trying to get 10 minutes of cardio every day and doing Strength Training 3 days a week.
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on your 79 - pounds weight-loss! I am so PROUD of you! Keep being the WINNER that you are in all that you do! You are an INSPIRATION to us all! Sending you WOOHOO hugs from my sparkpage to yours. Have a WOOHOO weekend! 
