Tomorrow is the official first day of the DietBet10 competition. I am excited to be motivated again to work out. I lost around 55 lbs two years ago, quit smoking, quit drinking and ran my first half marathon. Since then, I have had some bouts of depression and stopped working out. I have packed 22 lbs back on and am feeling horrible about myself. When I saw a posting for DietBet on Facebook, I decided that I needed to stop feeling sorry for myself and get back on the ball! So here I am.
Today is Monday, Sept 8th and although the competition does not officially start until tomorrow, my weigh-in has been confirmed and is official. I woke up this am tired as I did not sleep well, looking for every excuse in the book not to work out. Then I looked over a this little wish box my husband bought me several months ago. Inside it is a small piece of paper with my dearest wish on it; that wish is to have a baby. I am 41 years old and we are running out of time or so they tell me. I know that having a baby will pack on about 20-30 pounds and at my current weight I do not want to cause harm to myself or my baby. So I took a deep breath, put on my workout clothes and punched in my Jillian Michael's program. 30 minutes later, feeling slightly nauseated, I completed my workout. About 20 minutes after that, I felt great.
So shortly I will head out the door to work. I have packed my workout clothes because I am lucky enough to have a gym at my place of employement. I will hit the treadmill for about 3 miles on my lunch. I just want to say thank you Kellen Elwell for your post about DietBet on Facebook and thank you DietBet for giving me that last push I needed to get started.