90 days later....And that is what it took my friends.

So, let us get the unimportant stuff out of the way first. 90 days ago, I realized that I needed to do something to become fit again and drop some pounds. So here I am, 90 days later and 44 pounds lighter (250 to 206) with maybe around 10 more pounds to lose. SO WHAT? The much more interesting story is how I got there. So after some light math and some reflection I realized the following:
To lose those pounds I:
-I got up one hour earlier than normal (5:15 am rather than 6:15 am) so that makes 90 hours donated to getting fitter. Also went to bed a bit earlier and therefore avoided later binging and hunting for icecream and late movies.
-Exercised every day anywhere between 30 minutes to 2 hours, mostly around 40 minutes/day... so that is ~ 60 hours.
-Jogged around 500 km in those 90 days, most days 5 K plus regular 10 k too, amazing how peaceful and quiet it is at 5:20 in the morning along the river and lake..
- Cycled around 400 km on my bike.. saw lots of lovely country side.
- Increased both my speed of running and the distance I run. From barely running a 5 k at first to recently running a 1/2 marathon.
-Increased my cycling distances from regular 15 K to 20, 30, 40 and recently 60 K cycling, on my trusty mountain bike, named Ferdinand for his reliant and strong yet silent demeanor (I assume everyone names their bikes, yes?:)
-Did over 1000 pushups in that time (started with being able to do just 19 in one go, now up to around 60).
-Put on some gloves and pounded a heavy bag, at least 10 000 times. (oh how the stress and tension just flowed away... I teach so stress comes with the territory).
-My 45 inch waist became a 37 inch waist.
- My core strength went from barely a minute plank to just over 3 minute plank now.
-Did it all on my own, no gym, fancy equipment (accept a trusty TM in the house, which I used on miserable days)
- Ate very well for 85 of those days. lots of fruit, veggies, lean meats, planned out ahead of time (luckily for me, I do not mind the same foods over and over again, so much delightful stuff). Only 5 days went over calories (we are talking 2000 to 4000 calories over, no questions asked). This in spite of the fact that my munchkins and sweetie love to have sweets/pizza, etc. around.
-Use my innate stubbornness to great effect when my body was sometimes telling me to "sleep in" or Not today.. I ignored its voice and kicked myself in gear.
-Had the great fortune of discovering mfp, 90 days ago and "met" some wonderful friends here, whose inspiring stories made me realize how many fantastic folks are out there willing to lend support. You guys rock!.

Now looking back that might seem like a lot but I have come to realize that it does not matter what you did yesterday, nor does it matter what you plan to do tomorrow or even on Monday. It only matters what you do TODAY (As I sit here, am still slightly sweating from my just completed 4 mile run.)
For those of you you think about "OH how long the road, how steep the climb still" forget all that. It only matters what you do now and let tomorrow come tomorrow. So, if you, dear reader, have been eating poorly up to right now today or not exercised yet.. it does not matter as long as you get up, right now, make yourself a healthy meal, take a healthy walk, squat, punch at a bag.. whatever.. and then tomorrow maybe do it again... and just like that.... and life will be good. Be well.

AND that is what it took my friends.

P.S. I do of course have an unfair advantage in that I am an unabashed optimist by nature.