Yeah! I decided I was no longer comfortable in my own flesh, and as a result, wanted to lose some weight. My eating was getting pretty out of control, I mean, I was literally eating whatever the fuck I wanted. After reaching a max of 196 pounds, I decided to do something about it. I had been thinking about doing something for a while, but was catalyzed when I saw a pedometer on sale for $10 at some store in the Financial District. From that point on, kablammo! I've been really strict about food, and I've been keeping an exercise diary. Every day, I log total steps, distance, and calories burned. I've also been using MapMyRun to map out routes. I aim for a minimum of 4 miles a day, and since I started, I've been pretty good about doing it every day- except for when one of my cats went into heat (=sleep deprivation! and yes, she is getting spayed soon) and then my boyfriend got a mysterious case of bad food poisoning & I had to take care of him (=even more sleep deprivation!) And then, I came up here to my sister's place to dog sit while her and my brother in law enjoy Cancun for a week. Whatever weight I lost, I gained back, but I'm ok with that. As long as I don't gain more weight while I'm here (there's a fuck ton of god food to eat!) I'll count it as a victory. I've been good about mapping routes, and on top of walking the routes, I've been walking the dogs around the GIGANTIC school parking lot by my sister's place (no joke- this thing has to be a mile around). Mostly I'm just thrilled to be moving more. I'm tired of the aches and pains and stiffness and lack of energy that are no doubt the result of sitting on my ass and knitting for long hours. All those symptoms are disappearing though, slowly but surely! It's rare now that I get up from sitting or laying down and I have severe problems moving. I feel myself getting stronger. I've set goals for myself: I want to be down to 160 by my birthday in July, I want to have logged 100 miles by May 3rd, (I'm 13.23% complete, so I think I'll be ok!) and I want to maintain an average of 10k steps a day, which so far hasn't been difficult, although it's far more active than I was previously.
I also had to iron out some kinks with my pedometer- it's not entirely accurate, no matter where I put it on my body. My stride is set to the correct length, and my weight is correct, so I usually just measure the percentage of distance it's recorded and adjust all data accordingly to actual distance. It's been an invaluable tool though so far- and my scale at home being digital (though it unfortunately measures in kg!) I can track just how well I'm doing. I'll do much better though when I'm not around all this delicious food though.
As far as knitting goes, I'm on the tail end of a beautiful shawl for a swap, and I've got a ton of commissions- ranging from the bizarre (uh, a hot dog in bun? Breaking Bad ski masks?!) to the normal (baby stuff- two elephants and a pair of booties, not to mention an adult pair of fingerless gloves).
Ok, completely lost my train of thought while getting distracted by some loving from my furry, four legged niece and nephew. Boogey isn't moping this time, and Bisco is no longer scared of me. Everything is so lovey dovey now, it's ridiculous! I am SO GLAD my sister decided to have them instead of kids :-P
Time for a 5.62 mile walk now, away I go!
I also had to iron out some kinks with my pedometer- it's not entirely accurate, no matter where I put it on my body. My stride is set to the correct length, and my weight is correct, so I usually just measure the percentage of distance it's recorded and adjust all data accordingly to actual distance. It's been an invaluable tool though so far- and my scale at home being digital (though it unfortunately measures in kg!) I can track just how well I'm doing. I'll do much better though when I'm not around all this delicious food though.
As far as knitting goes, I'm on the tail end of a beautiful shawl for a swap, and I've got a ton of commissions- ranging from the bizarre (uh, a hot dog in bun? Breaking Bad ski masks?!) to the normal (baby stuff- two elephants and a pair of booties, not to mention an adult pair of fingerless gloves).
Ok, completely lost my train of thought while getting distracted by some loving from my furry, four legged niece and nephew. Boogey isn't moping this time, and Bisco is no longer scared of me. Everything is so lovey dovey now, it's ridiculous! I am SO GLAD my sister decided to have them instead of kids :-P
Time for a 5.62 mile walk now, away I go!
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