If you are reading this, you are about to embark with me to an unknown destination but one that will clearly start to appear as time presses on. The timeline is also unknown, but as time marches on, the flight time (for lack of a better description) will begin to show up as well.
As a proverbial yo-yo dieter, it has become SO clear to me that the time is now. My health is all right, but my body is whispering for me to make the changes NOW, in such subtle ways as, allowing me to have Planters Fascitis on my left foot, creaky knees from cheerleading and too much tennis, and sporadic back issues that render me to my ice pack for a few days at a time.
I have a daughter, Amy, that survivied Stage 4 Non Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2007 which you would think would give me a kick in the rear to make changes, but like so many, it didn't make a dent in my brain. I knew I had to make changes. I tried, but just didn't complete it like so many other times. I now have a sister-in-law, Kate, that is dealing with lung cancer, has completed 2 rounds of chemo and will be starting 4 weeks of intense radiation at Stanford U. I will be spending one of the 4 weeks helping her through this. A very humbling thought. That could be anyone and the anyone this time happens to be Kate.
I'm a dreamer and even thought of writing to Ellen Degeneres to chronological my weight loss on her program - I know silly, huh? Do you ever dream up ideas like this? I also thought about Oprah and Dr Oz. However one dream I do have is to be healthy! I'm not sure if that means a certain size I want to wear, being able to walk a marathon again, or preventing myself from ending up on a motorized scooter as I approach the "much" later years, as my Dad.
I do know that at my present weight of 220 lbs, I'm not happy with my lack of exercise, or my eating habits. I hope to discover the "why" of eating unhealthy foods and not exercising. Together we can discover many things about ourselves if you care to follow my journey. This is the first of many posts, and I will add some pictures as I go along on my journey so you can see the progress, and also see who inhabits my life on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis! You will get to know all the players that (I hope) will help me on my journey.
I promise to be honest and truthful as I expose myself to the elements of the internet. It's only fair!
Happy weekend to you all,
Cher :)
