SKIRT! Team Challenge: Body: “I'm a Loser!”

Yeah, what's it to ya?  I'm a loser...or at least I will be!  It has only been three days since the beginning of the, SKIRT! Team 2011 Mind~ Body~ Spirit challenge.  Not nearly enough time to be able to say, “Gee, I lost 5lbs!” That’s just not reasonable. It took me years and years to put all this weight on so I suspect it will be just as slow coming off. 

So, I’m keeping in mind that each day holds its own success.  As to my successes, I list them as:

My first success…Dragging my lazy but out of bed at 4:30am to hit the gym! I’ve allotted myself Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for this masochistic endeavor.  I’m also requiring myself to make one weekend trip to the gym on top of my three day commitment.  As I progress I might add more gym days but for now I’m doing well not to hit the snooze on my 4:30am alarm.  Baby steps, I keep reminding myself, take baby steps.  I want to end up successful by the end of this challenge, not burned out.

So, I’m getting up, no excuses.  I’m motivating myself by imagining the possibilities…that for the first time in my life I might actually be able to wear a bikini without an animal rescue group trying to wrestle me back into the ocean (where I obviously belong).   

My personal challenge: Gravity…If I can just fight the gravity of my warm, comfy bed in the morning, all else seems to fall in line.  Another personal challenge…I don’t love to exercise.  I appreciate how I feel afterwards but during it, all I can think about is the count down until it’s done.  So, I’m challenging myself to find new ways to motivate myself – who knows, maybe I’ll even find something that I love doing. 

My second success…I have not killed my lovely husband yet.  My wonderful, driven husband has decided to go vegetarian. I’m not opposed to his decision and I even admire him for his choice but as the main cook for the family it puts a good deal of pressure on me.  But we’ve bought a wonderful vegetarian cookbook and I am trying to embrace this new change with a positive outlook.

My personal challenge:  To not become completely meat deprived and rip the flesh off my husband’s bones.  Just kidding.  No, my personal challenge is to see if I can somehow fit this new lifestyle change into my weight loss program. Who knows, perhaps this will be a blessing in disguise. 

My third success…I have successfully followed my weight loss program for three full days! No cheating and no grumbling.  Ok, maybe a little grumbling.   I find it very hard to eat reasonably.  I mean, I didn’t get big by ignoring food.  I like to eat and there are so many wonderful foods out there begging for me to try them! So, I’m psyched that I’ve successfully negotiated a healthy life style for three days.  So, as sad as this success sounds, I’ve negotiated three days of eating healthy.

My personal challenge: Our society is one where we celebrate our successes with food as well as our sad moments.  I’m trying to learn new ways to celebrate that don’t include a chocolate milk shake. 

Personal Statistics as of 1-3-2011

Height: 5’4”

Weight:             162.6

BMI:                27.9 

*When you hear from me next Monday, I’m hoping to be a loser…

*Having a BMI of between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight. There are many free BMI calculators available on the web. But, don’t just check your BMI…be prepared to do something about it!