princesslvr
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jun 8, 2010
As I sit here my 57 year old Mother is being wheeled into surgery for 99% blockage of her right artery.
My Mother is too young to be dealing with heart disease. Smoking, Type 2 diabetic, no exercise and horrible eating brought this on her in the past 12 years.
My Father is in congestive heart failure, has been for 3 years.
I am my Mothers clone, looks, personality (Type A, high strung), medical records (40lbs overweight, smoker, PCOS, high cholesterol,depression, anxiety, etc).
I just turned 40 in October.
I have a beautiful Miracle 7 year old daughter that I want to live to the fullest for-I don't want this to be her fate too. It's time to stop this circle of death and destruction of our bodies.
The time has come for me to stop running my mouth and pitch the excuses (I'm the queen of excuses) and just get to it.
I get frustrated that I just can't "starve" myself like I did in my 20's and lose the weight. I was athletic in school, it was the 20's and beyond that did me in.
I don't want to fail, so I figure why bother. Plus I'm HORRIBLE about starting things and getting discouraged and just quitting. Not a good habit to teach your child.
A hubby who just doesn't understand why I just don't do something about it. He doesn't understand the word "depression"
See what I mean about the excuses, I'm just full of them. I'm going to be fully accountable right here, and I'm hoping I find some friends along this journey, so please join me here.
My Starting Stats
HT-5'1"
WT-160
body fat 40% (I had it read about two years ago, weight has decreased since then, but I really don't believe the fat has changed any)
My Plan
Nothing white
Gave up sodas two days after Christmas (still have serious urges for them, but haven't had any in a month)
record what I eat (I've been using lose it on the ipad)
Exercise
I have a treadmill, that my dearest Mother gave me. I've used it maybe three times in the three months since she gave it to me.
The plan is to exercise 3x a week
I'd like to start running again, I did it in High School and College, but that was 20 years ago. So I'll look into a couch to 5k program.
What I'd like to do--run the TOT 10 miler next Fall.
Got any tips or advice about the best way to go about doing this???
My Mother is too young to be dealing with heart disease. Smoking, Type 2 diabetic, no exercise and horrible eating brought this on her in the past 12 years.
My Father is in congestive heart failure, has been for 3 years.
I am my Mothers clone, looks, personality (Type A, high strung), medical records (40lbs overweight, smoker, PCOS, high cholesterol,depression, anxiety, etc).
I just turned 40 in October.
I have a beautiful Miracle 7 year old daughter that I want to live to the fullest for-I don't want this to be her fate too. It's time to stop this circle of death and destruction of our bodies.
The time has come for me to stop running my mouth and pitch the excuses (I'm the queen of excuses) and just get to it.
I get frustrated that I just can't "starve" myself like I did in my 20's and lose the weight. I was athletic in school, it was the 20's and beyond that did me in.
I don't want to fail, so I figure why bother. Plus I'm HORRIBLE about starting things and getting discouraged and just quitting. Not a good habit to teach your child.
A hubby who just doesn't understand why I just don't do something about it. He doesn't understand the word "depression"
See what I mean about the excuses, I'm just full of them. I'm going to be fully accountable right here, and I'm hoping I find some friends along this journey, so please join me here.
My Starting Stats
HT-5'1"
WT-160
body fat 40% (I had it read about two years ago, weight has decreased since then, but I really don't believe the fat has changed any)
My Plan
Nothing white
Gave up sodas two days after Christmas (still have serious urges for them, but haven't had any in a month)
record what I eat (I've been using lose it on the ipad)
Exercise
I have a treadmill, that my dearest Mother gave me. I've used it maybe three times in the three months since she gave it to me.
The plan is to exercise 3x a week
I'd like to start running again, I did it in High School and College, but that was 20 years ago. So I'll look into a couch to 5k program.
What I'd like to do--run the TOT 10 miler next Fall.
Got any tips or advice about the best way to go about doing this???