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Benvenuto! (Welcome!)

This month marks just over 1-year since my journey with weightloss, health, and fitness has started. I've decided to begin documenting the changes that I continue to experience as I lose weight, become more active, and try new things. During the past year I've gained a love and obsession for running, turbo kickoboxing, and yoga. I've run 1 5K, 1 12K, 9 Half Marathons, and 1 21-Miler in 4 states since October 2009... and I'm nowhere near finished!

Changing your life, though, can really sometimes be a very lonely experience. And this is where this journaling thing comes in: a public connection to what would otherwise be a private experience.

My plan is this: be honest. I'm going to be documenting the food I eat, the exercises I do, and all the other things that happen during this journey to help me succeed... and talk about how I overcome the failures that will inevitably occur as part of it.

I'm not giving myself an exact timeframe, just the ultimate goal of being where I want to be in the end.

So here I go... across the start line of the longest marathon of my life. Scared, but excited as hell! :)

Written Day 1: 07.01.10

Modified 1.3.11 to add new running info!

Monday, January 3, 2011

New year/ new me!

I'm counting today as the first official day of the year. I think it's unreasonable to expect someone to diet on the 1st and 2nd days of the year. People are drinking, eating merrily, and generally enjoying the start of a new year.

So! I restarted my weight loss charting and caloric intake today and am moving forward with it! I know I said I would have liked to start this year without needing to lose weight, but since that didn't happen, I'm going to do everything I can to make that happen for NEXT year. 2012 is going to be a whole new ballgame. Yes I realize that 2011 has literally just begun, but I'm keeping my eye on the prize here!

I transformed my downstairs into my own personal gym. I have cable in there now for on-demand workouts and am going to be buying some basic equipment. Basically, I am planning to hoard away there until this weight finally comes off. good plan, right?

Time will tell. Step 1 for this year: forgive my past mistakes. Nothing can be done about them now. So whatever I ate, whatever I didn't do like I should have: water under the bridge.
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