So, part of the reason I decided that I had to change, and that now was the time, is that about two weeks ago, I got a surprise in my mailbox. Some one has apparently decided that I needed a subscription to SHAPE magazine. My first instinct was to be insulted. I mean, really? It's like sending someone with bad breath a huge pack of gum. But then, I decided to take it as a helpful suggestion. Someone loves me enough to risk hurting my feelings in order to help save my life. Lets face it. I'm 25 years old and have weighed over 200 lbs since my sophomore year of high school. My health is on the line. So I sat down to read it.
SHAPE magazine is not exactly aimed at me. It's aimed more at women who are slightly overweight and want to lose it, or who are in fairly decent shape who want to tone more. But, there are some recipes in it that are going to be useful and while the exercises are out of my league currently, they give me great ideas. But really, what I got out of it was inspiration. It helped motivate me. By reading about so many women who were eating healthy and exercising made me want to do so too. It's what got me to finally hook up my Wii. I got a second SHAPE and started reading. Then I got a third. Apparently they were trying to catch up, so I now have October through December. And they are keeping me motivated.
The December issue was very useful last night when I started my monthly. Usually, I use this time of the month as an excuse to splurge. But because I've been doing so well (and yes, I know it's only been two days) I didn't want to ruin it. So I grabbed some tea and sat down to read some inspiration.
So it's Day 3. It's going to be a light exercise day, for obvious reasons, but my eating habits are going to stay the same. Pure determination.
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