My Challenge

Watching a movie recently inspired me. Not about blogging, but about revising ones' life thru a personal challenge. Her goal was about cooking...and my goal? My goal will be just as focused on food, but in a profoundly different manner.

The past few weeks I have had the distinct displeasure of seeing myself thru the camera lens of years' gone by. To say that I was unhappy with how I looked is quite an understatement. I had to realize that either I only found the "fat" camera angle or I was just fat. Ain't no "P" supposed to be on that either. Nope, we're simply talking about three very round letters. F A T.

The thing is, that its not just one photo that did it but the collection of them. Because I would have sworn that some years I had yo-yo'd the diet enough to get at least one good picture. But despite dieting efforts or illusioned opinions...I looked the same in every one. That said, I'm ready to start a new photo album.

Today, I am challenging myself to lose 104 pounds.

The standard, recommended amount of weight loss for one week is 2 pounds. Taking that, my weight loss challenge is calculated at: 2 lbs x 52 weeks = 104 total pounds in one year. My starting weight today is 225 pounds. My goal weight will be 121 pounds. This will put me square on the nose to the "ideal" body weight of a 5'4" woman.
So...lets begin.