The Journey Begins

I am sure that there are many of you that are wondering exactly what “journey” I am going on. Well a few weeks ago I was watching the Biggest Loser and decided that if they could make a lifestyle change, then I should be able to. So I got together with 8 other people to start our own Biggest Loser group so we can all help each other stay motivated. Today was the first day, we all weighed in, very humbling to let others know how much you weigh, and then 3 of us did a work out, which was a killer for me, and then I also walked one mile on the treadmill (not much, but a good start). We are on a 20 week journey, that will last a lifetime, we will each put $5 per week into a pot and then at the end of the 20 weeks the person that has lost the most weight will get all the money ($900). At the half-way point we are all bringing $10 extra and the person that has lost the most at that point will get the $90. Well we are really doing percentage of body weight, not the most pounds.

This is very hard for me to put this out in the open, but I figured it’s quite obvious that I’m overweight and the more people that know, the more motivation I will have to keep pushing forward. Please, if you remember, say a prayer for me periodically as I begin this journey. Pray for strength to be able to make it through the workouts, and then to be able to make it through the day as my muscles will be very sore by the end of the day.

I will be posting periodically as to how I’m doing and everything so you can be more specific with the prayers. I will weigh-in again in 2 weeks, at that point I will post how much percentage of body weight I have lost.

Thanks for caring enough to read, and for praying that I can make it. It really isn’t about the money, but about a lifestyle change, I am sick and tired of not being able to do things that I would like to do because my weight holds me back. I am ready to get healthy and quit lying to myself that it’s okay to be overweight.

And so, the journey begins…