Day 171: The Morning After

 



Time for a new mission statement. My goal for 2025 was to lose 100 pounds by 12-31-25 but I've failed miserably. At some point I need to pick myself up and try. A realistic goal at this point is 50 pounds by 12-31-25, so that is where I will start. When will I start ? I don't know .. do I need a "starting point" ? I don't. Every day that I don't "start" just adds to my misery. I plan to just take each day as it comes and do what I can to move closer to where I want to be. Life has changed and I haven't been able to adapt just yet.


I really slept in today ! It was nearly 11 am when I woke up ! I guess I was tired after a few days of late nights and relatively early risings. I'm surprised Minnie didn't wake me up sooner. She was snoozing in the hall outside my bedroom. We had storms move through during the night (which I apparently slept through) and the power went out around 4 am. I happened to wake up and turned the tv off less than a minute before the power went out ! I'm going to guess something outside woke me though I didn't hear any storm noise. I suspect the weather was worse somewhere near me and that caused the outage. I woke up again around 4:40 am and the power was back on. Fortunately it wasn't ridiculously hot, so I wasn't sweating without the fan.


Yesterday I posted a photo that was taken this past Tuesday. It was a screen grab from the Ring camera while I was taking the trash out. Today is Sunday, so that was 5 days ago. It perfectly illustrates just how fat I have become. I am more motivated than ever to start addressing this problem. To that end, I got dressed a few minutes ago. It's 1:24 pm now and I just had a yogurt and I'm enjoying a second cup of coffee. My next step is to mix up a fresh protein shake, put on my treadmill shoes and then get a workout in. It's only 78 degrees, so a workout with the fan going will be easy !

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