No excuses

I took the bus and walked a mile to get to the gym to work out yesterday. It felt good. What would have been an hour and half out of my day became four hours - but, I did it. No excuses. No complaining. Just doing.

Now, I just have to "do" for 12 more weeks. ONE DAY AT A TIME.

Joining the gym

Did you ever join a gym? Lots of high pressure? Salespeople in sweat pants that made you feel fat and worthless if you wanted to wait? Yeah. Typical of places like "Rush" or "Balli" or some of the other chain gyms.

I have only joined TWO gyms where I didn't feel that push - Gold's and the YMCA. However, I managed to find a small, locally owned place that has been owned by the same person for 30 years. Membership? $150 a YEAR. That's it. No monthly fees. No sign up fees. Just a gym that rivals Gold's and the Rush and all the major players - is clean, family owned and real. Only two showers (which is plenty) and a very low-key locker room, but the equipment is all new or very well maintained! There are 40 new cycles for spin class and a waiting line....just awesome, awesome setup. I'm going to like this a lot.

Except my car died. No way to GET to the gym. Sigh. Five miles away through rough neighborhoods. So - now I have to buy another car, or a bike and bicycle through bad neighborhoods and across two major highways to get there. Not looking good. It may be a couple of weeks before I get there.

WOW!

Now here's an amazing transformation. This woman lost 130 pounds. Looks great doesn't she? I have lost 50 pounds and want to lose another 100. So, I will lose a whole person when I succeed. If SHE can do it, so can I!!

Actually, there are a whole BUNCH of success stories there - TV for inspiration. Yea!

If you thought FAT was lonely, try losing weight

Wow. If you thought being fat was a lonely place to be, try losing weight. Your friends - especially if THEY are fat, won't want you to lose weight. It's like, they don't want YOU to get skinny cause then they'd have to confront how fat THEY are and they are not ready to do that.

I tried to get a couple of friends who are less fat than me, but still FAT, to lose weight with me, join the gym, walk etc. One has had a heart attack already. The other has diabetes. Both said no. They said, "I'm not THAT fat yet." I said, "Why wait until you're a total pig to decide to lose?" I am not popular among certain people right now.

But that's okay. I am still going through with this. I registered for the Body For Life challenge and I am giving up soda this week. I drank water all day yesterday, but had one last Big Gulp today. Sigh. It probably will be hard, but it's harder staying fat.

I can't breathe. I feel like I'm always trying to catch my breath. I don't like it.
At one point a couple of years ago I weighed 274 pounds!! I lost 50 and have kept it off. But now I want to lose 100. I'm one-third of the way there from two years ago. I CAN do it. If I do the Body For Life Challenge this time and the next time, there's a good chance I'll have lost the 100 pounds by fall. Yeah!