Thursday, March 10, 2011

Mixed Bag

When I started this journey I wasn't just obese, I was worse than that. When I entered my weight, height and age into a BMI calculator I was shocked to find that I wasn't merely obese, I was morbidly obese.

In my mind those who were morbidly obese were the What's Eating Gilbert Grape type women who have to be burned in their houses rather than have a funeral as they can not fit through the door. That wasn't me! Seeing that word "morbid" really gave me a wake-up call. If at 25 I was morbidly obese, where would I be at 45? Dead?!? Last week I am proud to say I became just obese. A meaningless victory in the eyes of many, but a big deal to me. It showed me this is working and I am on the right path.

I am struggling a little this week with eating. I can meet my calorie goals but I am going over on sodium and fat almost every day. This is a problem and I need to work on it - I would hate to see my weight loss stall for something so easily fixable.

On the workout front, I started the Couch to 5K (C25k) program on 2/26 and will finish week two tonight. I also started EA Sports Active 2 last night. It seems more challenging than More Workouts, which oddly makes me really happy. I think I was getting too comfortable with MW and need the challenge.

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