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-90k.
Sometimes it seems like numbers are ruling our lives. How old are you? How much do you make? What's your mortgage? What's your weight? Your cholesterol? and on and on. I have 1 year left of graduate school. I'm 28. I weigh 199.6 lbs as of 8 am today, and my hip/waist/chest measurements are 48/38/44. My net worth is approx -90k. But none of these really gives a sense of who I am; my likes, dislikes, worries, and dreams.
I'm starting this blog today for myself. I need motivation to keep going as I try to get health(ier), save money, and learn about life. Hopefully it will help others as well!
For the next little while, I'm focusing on my physical health, although I know already that will also help me emotionally. I don't remember a time in my life that I wasn't the biggest (or second biggest) person in the room. Even in childhood, and through 10 years of soccer, ballet, waterpolo, and swim team, I was overweight and growing. As anyone who has tried to lose a lot of weight knows, it is extremely difficult to shed pounds that are years in the making. Over the last 2 years I've managed to lose 50 lbs, mainly by correct diagnosis of a metabolic disease. But now comes the hard part - my weight loss has leveled well above a healthy BMI. So I've set myself a goal - get down to simply 'overweight' (a BMI of 29=169 lbs for me) by January 1st. But more than weight loss, I want to feel strong again, to breathe easy and enjoy dribbling the ball down the field without gasping for air!
So I'm going to let numbers rule my life a little (starting weight: 199.6 lbs, dimensions: 48/38/44), but also judge my success by how I feel when I wake up in the morning (kind of groggy today - must have been the nighttime low of 72 degrees!).
Plan: Spinning class tonight!
