A good friend gave me the exact kick in the ass that I needed to make some changes in my life. 

I’m fat.  We all know this.  And the battle to lose weight has always been difficult.  I’ll get into a groove for a few months and the pounds will come off and then I get lazy.  I get tired.  I make excuses.

I’ve been doing really well with making good healthy food choices (except for when I make delicious banana bread with caramel frosting) but I suck at exercising on a consistent basis.  I have always hated exercising but that is not a good excuse.  There is no good excuse.  Period.

As Casey said: 

You have GOT to exercise. You can’t write it off as it’s too hard, it’s too cold, I don’t have time. Fifty percent of your heart health (at least) is tied to your physical activity levels.

Get up and get moving. You have to do it. If you won’t do it, you might as well write off diet too, because you can’t win the fight for your health by just doing one of the two necessary changes.

Well today I got up and I got moving.  I took the dog for a long walk and then came home and jogged for 20 minutes on the treadmill.  Tomorrow I’m going to get my bike looked at so I can feel more comfortable bike riding without the fear that the seat is going to break off or the whole thing is going to collapse under the sheer weight of my ass. 

I know I can do this.  I need to do this.  I want to do this.