stacking the odds

with my goal of being at a healthy weight and physically fit by the middle of this year, I have now got myself a number of venues from which to draw and hopefully sustain motivation. As I've mentioned before, my bike is set up indoors and easily used while watching tv. I have joined in a biggest loser type competition at work with a dozen or so coworkers. Just in case simply knowing a weekly weigh-in will happen is not motivation enough, a dollar must be paid into the pot for each pound, if any, that is gained. I've also been recruited by a coworker to help her prepare to run a marathon this fall. Currently we've committed to running together each Wednesday and Saturday and doing at least one more day each week of aerobic exercise on our own. And I've also invested in a wii fit. For whatever reason, having a rendition of myself giving me a thumbs up sign from the television screen every morning motivates me to come back each day. I enjoy the various games and exercises and I definitely feel my muscles working.
Perhaps the stars are aligned in my favor.

buy an elliptical

went out on a run this evening with a coworker for about half an hour. We ran on some well-lit city streets as the sun was well past set. The temperature was 14 F, and the wind chill feel was 2 F. Snow had started falling soon after we started. As we jogged past a woman who had apparently just arrived home and was getting some items out of her car, she looked at us in disbelief and told us we should buy an elliptical. That itself was worth the effort of putting on multiple clothing layers :)

January 2009 Assessment

um, yeah this was suppose to happen on the 3rd, but I was unexpectedly out of town for New Year's and the following weekend. Since then, I've been ignoring the scale out of fear. I'm not totally neglecting myself however, as I have acquired a wii fit and am keeping track of my weight according to the wii. But I'm gonna stick to the bathroom scale measurement for "official" monthly assessments, assuming I get back to doing that oh, say, next month.