I am committed to making this work. But I am afraid that my knee pain will kick in and make this activity a living Hell. My new relationship with fitness is a month old. If this was a love affair I would be cautious. I wouldn't call it a "real relationship" yet. I would wait until three months to see if it had legs. Will my knees hold up and let me stay with it? Is it a committed relationship, or am I just having a casual fling? There is no choice in the matter. I'm in it for the long haul. …
The Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl: Results and Gratitude.
312.2 LBS How could this be? I weighed 324.8 pounds three weeks ago. I sat on the floor and looked at my weight scale. I turned it over, checked the new battery, calibrated it per the instructions. I cautiously step back on the scale and there it is again. Like Magic. I am shocked, pleased and mostly suspicious. It's like some result from The Biggest Loser show. I used to watch that show and marvel at the beastly trainers as they ladled out the expected weight loss for the contestants: Next …
The Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl: Do I Have To Go?
Good morning! I have to go to the gym. I have no choice, I have an appointment and someone who believes in me is paying for it. This is a good thing or I sure would be keeping my sorry ass in the bed this morning. It was a late night. No, I wasn't partying! And no excuses! I have to eat a good breakfast or I get lightheaded and shit when Jeremy kicks my ass. I'm just saying. Then I remembered my trip up the stairs Wednesday night with no pause to catch my breath. That's why I am doing this. No …
The Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl: Boxing, No Prisoners.
I'm taking no prisoners - mainly because I don't have the energy after another heart-pumpin, keister-moving session with Jeremy the Trainer. I'm calling him "No-More-Mister-Nice-Guy" Jeremy because he is making me work my patootie off. He's always smiling and ever so gentle as he pushes me to go further than I thought possible. And I'm taking baby-steps. …
The Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl – The Reboot! My Physical Assessment and (EGADS!) My Eating Habits!
Day Two of my journey to fitness was a session with tiny Kimberlee and involved a physical assessment and a few simple questions about my eating habits. The physical assessment involved me standing on what looked like a weight scale with a pull up bar attached. "Stand on the platform hold the bar and wait: one, two, three ... PULL as hard as you can." The bar doesn't actually pull up, it just measures your ability to pull up. It felt like I was trying to lift a garbage truck. There was no …