Jul 17 2008
Putting it all out there
I, like many other Americans, find myself in a very unhealthy state.
I am unhealthy physically. My unhealthiness in my physical realm creates some bad emotional health. The poor emotional health contributed to some not so good financial health.
This blog is my journey to get healthy. My friend, KJ, always says she’s going to live to see her 100th birthday. There’s a competitor under my middle-age middle, and she’s younger than me. I’m thinking I want to actually live until 102, so I can laugh at her when she blows out her 100 candles.
Back in 2004, when I was living in Detroit, Men’s magazine voted my home town the fattest city in the nation. I really couldn’t disagree. About that same time, Seattle was, and continues, to be the top, or in the top-ten of fittest, or healthiest cities in America.
Within months I was plotting my escape. My escape from the Motor City to the Emerald City.
So now I’m here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest and learning all there is to know about ‘Go Outside and Play!’, the strange urge to eat tofu, biking to work and hiking a mountain just because it’s there, speaking in non-stressful ‘I’ messages and even pinching pennies by buying local and other very healthy lifestyle changes.
This blog is documentation on my journey to lose my Midwest Middle and live until I’m 100 years old. I figure if I put it out there, I’m really going to have to stick to it.
Come join me and cheer me on. Put a boot in my flabby fannie when I need it and share your own journeys to health-ville with me.
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I’m with ya! 10 days past my 40th birthday, I found myself sobering up and being fatter than I have ever been. I decided right then to do something [lasting] about it. I started dedicating a certain amount of time each day for walking. I started with 3 miles, quickly moved up to 5, then 7 and currently do intervals of 7 to 10 at least 4 days a week. At the same time, I cut out most of the wine and booze from my life. Not to take it all away, but to just put it in its proper place a couple days a week. I started eating more fish and chicken and 9 servings of the rainbow of fruits and veggies in 5 small meals a day. I never feel hungry and I love what I eat. Since May 24th, I’ve lost 20 lbs. I still have a long way to go, but I feel more healthy than I have in ages and as you mentioned above, my moods and attitudes have improved too.
Come join me for a walk. Eat a yummy salad with me, pulled straight from the back yard. And be sure to share your progress or ask for a boot in the ass if you need it (we all do sometimes).
Good luck!
Freakish. I’m sort of taking the same journey, but mine is from the land of beef and potatoes also known as “Right Next to the Amish” to the self proclaimed healthiest city in the universe, aka People’s Republic of Frikken Boulder.
I too have irrational urges to eat tofu. (though I wash it down win soda pop or vodka) and I carry a nalgene bottle. (again, at times filled with vodka)
I love that you’re consciously trying. I think I may too. Sitting on my desk at work is a candy dish that is currently filled with plums.
Baby Steps!
Good for you! I’ve battled with my weight for most of my adult life, and just in the last few months its occurred to me how many other areas my weight intrudes into. Like you I’ve finally committed myself to making healthy lifestyle changes, and I’ve lost quite a bit of weight over the last few months, as well as opened myself up to new challenges. I keep focused on the fact that in this case the journey is just as important as my goal. I look forward to reading where your journey takes you!