For about the past 4 years, I've weighed more than I would like. Occasionally I'd jump on the scale, note that I've crept up, or just stayed the same thought I should eat better, and left it at that. I'm done with that! I'm ready to track and take accountability for my habbits. Now on day 7, I've cut my calories to below my Basal Metabolic rate, started back up on running, kept up with climbing, and walked everywhere.
Eating right is especially tricky right now, since I'm currently abroad and without a proper kitchen, but after a month adjusting to a new place and a week of commitment behind me, I'm ready to go all out. Once I get the nerve up, I'm planning to join the 4% Kickstarter challege with the $100 bet. It's BIG. It's ambitous. It'll hurt to lose. But I'm ready to put my money where my mouth is and make a commitment. I'll need to lose a little over 5 pounds in a month to meet it. It's a bit scary to me. This month I'll have friends visiting who will want me to go out. Right before weigh-out, I'll be traveling to Thailand, where of course people will want to hit up high calorie-street food and go drinking. I think my purpose in joining a high-stakes contest is motivated by this. I want something biting at my ass as every temptation I can imagine rears it's ugly head. I want to be pushed, and come out the other side.
So, why today, of all days? My very own personal scale just arrived, of course. There's no time like the present.