I would first like to wish all a happy new year. Not only am I happy to see the end of 2012, I
am also happy to get to the end of the holiday eating season. I just love the end of one year and start of
the next. It’s a new beginning, a fresh start, a time that I like to use to
take inventory. I think about the things that I am doing well and also about
the things that I think can stand a little improvement.
One of the things that I thought could use a little
improvement was the look of this blog. I swore this blog would never have
photos but I realized that some readers have never known me at an unhealthy
weight. In the hope of earning just a
little credibility, Deb helped locate a photo of me at an unhealthy weight
which is now posted at the top of the left column. This photo is likely 30 to
40 pounds below my highest weight. A
recent photo is at the top of the right column.
Another thing that can clearly use a little improvement is
my eating habits. In the right sidebar you will notice that my weight climbed
above the top end of my goal range (160 – 165) at the end of the year. My goal
range will remain the same for 2013 at least until I can get back to regular
weight workouts. I would like to get my
weight back to the bottom of my goal range and hold it there until I feel a
little more settled and can return to regular weight lifting.
I’ll try not to hurt my arm as I reach around and give
myself a pat (or 2) on the back because I was successful in pushing my weight
down about 25 pounds during 2012 and kept it in my goal range for most of the
year. However, I also know I can’t get
complacent. I’ve learned that it is just too easy for me to ignore a 5 or 10
pound gain year after year until all of a sudden I start looking like the photo
at the top of the left column. The next
thing you know my doctor is whining about my cholesterol or blood sugar and I
hate to hear a grown man whine. I’d much rather make the small changes
necessary to get to a healthy weight. I’ve know I’ve mentioned in the past that
small changes can yield big results.
I actually took a break from nutrition reading in December
and read a little fiction I had been trying to get to. I do have several works
of fiction in my to read list right now but the other day I read a preview of
Al Roker’s Never Goin Back about his
struggle to maintain a healthy weight. I saw that it was being released on
December 31st so I had Amazon deliver it to my Kindle and it is now
waiting for me. As soon as I get through it I will let you know what I thought.
So now you know what I will be working on for the next
month. I will revisit Fear No Scale
around the first of February to let you know how it is going.
