So, I have been trying to eat healthier and add a little more active activities to my life for almost two weeks now, but decided to rejoin this site since things like this seem to work better when you have a community of people around who share the same mindset and can offer advice and support. Not sure if anyone will ever actually read this, or if I am writing it just for myself, but it helps to get my ideas out in the open.
I have always had a very busy schedule, which helps make sure I am fairly active on a regular basis running between things, and in my free time I travel, and my trips often include vast amounts of walking, hiking, climbing, swimming, and all manner of physical activity. On my most recent trip, I found myself in Japan, and while my weight didn't stop me from attempting (or completing) and activity I chose to try, I did notice I was slowing down a little from my last big trip before that, which was South America. One particularly alarming moment was when we climbed the 785 steps to the top of Kotohira. It's a daunting task for anyone, but I found it much more difficult than I normally would have, which got me to thinking about the road I had been travelling. I love food. I mean, reeeeaaally love food. But I realized as I stood in front of the mountain top Kompira Shrine that, while it was fine to continue my love affair with food, I also had to figure out a way to enjoy in moderation, and mix it with some form a exercise and physical activity to help ensure I would be able to continue all the other things I love.
These ideas had been gnawing away at my brain for months, when I finally accepted a role in a musical which I find I feel thoroughly inappropriate for physically. I know I can sing and act the crap out of the role, but physically, I am very far from ideal. Add that to the fact that all my winter clothes seem to have shrunk since I last wore them, and I have just the extra motivation I need. Thank God this has been a mild winter.....one pair of comfortable jeans can only take a boy so far.....
Anyway, I suppose this log will be a place to keep myself on track and empty my food and fitness related thoughts into a more productive forum than floating around aimlessly in my mind. As of my first weigh in (last Monday), I clocked in at just shy of 250 pounds. It's a long and difficult road ahead of me, and I'm sure at times I will want to tear my hair out, give in, and dive face first into a bowl of deep fried chocolate covered goodies, but with any luck, this log, and this community, will help me stay on track.
If you are reading this, thank you. Please feel free to chat! I am a friendly person and, as I'm sure you can see, never have a shortage of words. So I raise a glass (of water....alcohol is cut from my life) to Day One of my journey to find a newer, healthier version of myself. And to all those who are doing the same. Mazel tov!
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