OFF TO THE RACES

MAY 26, 2020 | 196.4 LBS - It is the Tuesday after Memorial Day. Tom and I spent a wonderful long weekend at his family’s Hampton’s house and today it’s back to the grind. It’s back to the grind in more ways than one: I’m going on week 10 of remote teaching, Tom’s back to work at the office full time, and SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE when it comes to my health.

I AM THE HEAVIEST I’VE EVER BEEN, and I’ve been saying that since this podcast episode when I referenced my body as my home and said I wanted to focus on taking care of it. That was FIVE MONTHS AGO! What am I waiting for? Granted, we’ve had a major lifestyle upheaval dealing with a worldwide pandemic, but I’ve been starting and restarting trying to get my health-ducks in order, but I wonder what will ACTUALLY help me make the difference? …what will actually STICK other than these pounds?

I’m going to try this BACKEND JOURNAL APPROACH. It worked for the PICTURE HOME challenge in May - where I uploaded a daily photo that matched the prompt with the promise of a culminating blog post to be published at the conclusion of it. The in-progress daily recording was occurring behind the scenes and the blast end result of it to be revealed all at once was a MAJOR MOTIVATOR. That’s what I’m starting today, and let’s see where I am at in 92 days - three months from now - AUG 26, 2020.

Amanda, JUST START.