Current physical condition.

4 months ago if someone had said to me lets walk somewhere I would have laughed and suggested taking the car because I was too unfit to even walk. My "fast" walking speed at the time was about 2.5mph. Now I walk 5 miles a day. Last week I did a 12 mile walk. I have lost 50lbs and feel heaps better for it. I have been wanting to take up running for a while but have always put it off because I fractured my kneecap 12 years ago and was worried that any impact would hurt it. Now that I am down 50lbs I had a think about it over the weekend and thought maybe I should try running. This morning I got up early and did the first day of C25K. I thought it would kill me but nope, I actually felt pretty good all the way through it. I am absolutely chuffed that I did day one and am now looking forward to day two.

So the short version... My current physical condition? A hell of a lot better than it was 4 months ago but not as good as I want it to be

For this, I have to thank all my MFP friends who support and encourage me on a daily basis because I doubt I would have even got this far without them!!!

I'm in ribbons

Fit as ****.

This!

I feel like I am as fit as I have ever been. I used to exclusively run (long distance - marathons, a couple of ultras) and was probably thinner but man, was I a weakling! Now I run 3x/week, cross train 1x/week, lift 5x/week and try to do yoga 1x/week. This is in addition to walking about 3 miles per day and doing 50 reps on my ab wheel 6x/week. Cardio - check; strength - check, felxibility - half a check. :happy:

Comparing myself to 16 year old me (before I had my son), I would say this:

I'm still a few lbs heavier, and a clothing size/half a clothing size bigger

That being said:

Despite being a bit 'heavier' I have more definition than I did then, and I definitely have a lower body fat percentage. I am also more physically fit, I drink less alcohol (a way less) and I can do exercise I never thought I could do before - I can do Insanity with less breaks than I thought, and I don't feel dead after.

However:

I'm not where I want to be, and despite being better physical shape, I won't be in a good mental body condition until I reach my goals.

Cutting so getting leaner by the day. All going to plan

Best shape of my life!

External condition is poor; I need to lose another 20lbs or so, will always have thunder thighs, have too many grey hairs, too many bellies and too many chins.

Internal conditon is excellent; blood test results I got today show (healthy range in brackets)
Total cholesterol: 3.3 (less than 5)
LDL: 1 (less than 3)
Tric: 0.49 (less than 1.7)
HDL: 2.05 (1.6 and above)
Cardiovascular disease risk: less than 1%
Coronary heart disease risk: 0%
Blood pressure perfect
Also tested for and passed with flying colours: diabetes, blood sugars, liver & kidney function.

I know which is more important to me these days, a big change of mindset for me! :happy: :happy: :happy:

pretty good. next level up is good, then really good, then superman

Pretty good no complaints.