Goal: Achieved

[teriegarrison]

I know I've been a bit quiet lately -- in pretty much the same way that ghost towns are quiet -- but that's because I haven't really had anything to say. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and that 2013 brings you all lovely things

Comments

[talloakslady]

Congratulations, Terie!! It's so good to hear that your goal has been achieved-my own battle continues.
Spring will undoubtedly bring even greater results. Were you a biker; I ask because of your book. Me? I never was an athlete, more of a person that loved to ride horses and walk.
Happy to hear your hols were pleasant.

[teriegarrison]

Thanks!

And I used to be a long-distance cyclist. My favourite distance was 200 miles, but my left knee stopped being able to do more than about 60at once more than a decade ago. I raced (as an amateur, of course) for a year, but I didn't like racing. So yeah, that's where Changing Gear came from. Oh, and I couldn't ride 10 miles right now, much less 60. :-)

[e_moon60]

Hot diggety and congratulations! Goals achieved are always great.

I was down 10 pounds and increasing the bike miles per day until I got sick on Christmas Day and lost 3 weeks of exercise to lung congestion--haven't weighed, don't even want to know, and am just now getting back on the bike and slowly increasing distance again. (Faster than before, though.)

[teriegarrison]

Thanks. And you probably already know this, but just in case you don't: getting fitness back takes less time than getting there in the first place. I daresay that's what you're already noticing, whether you knew it to be a known fact or not. :-D

Success

[cerealboxreader]

Congratulations! I think most of us, even the active types, all reach a point where we have to take off some pounds. Good for you! Of course, your blog entry made it sound easy..... :-))

Re: Success

[teriegarrison]

Thanks! It wasn't easy, but it wasn't as hard as I expected, either. I don't know how much of that can be attributed to the program I chose (Atkins -- in its current form, not in its old form), how much to my tenaciousness (once I decide to do something, I'm very stubborn about sticking to it...in this case, it just took a long time to get to that point), and how much to it just being easier than I expected. Maybe some combination of all three.

Now for the next challenge: Changing my eating habits enough to keep it off! I've never lost weight before, so I don't know how hard this will be for me.

[cdozo]

Hooray! And good for you.

It's hard to get in shape, but it's nice to be there.

[teriegarrison]

Thanks! And I'm not in shape yet, nowhere near. But I'm in a better position to get there than I was 6 months ago. :-)