About 2 years I think?
Well I was nearly at my goal several years ago, then my life turned upside down when I got laid off. I lost my schedule, and with it my regimen. Then, even worse for my diet, I managed to win a grant and found myself going from gainfully employed to college student within a month.
I've been very fortunate considering what's happening to people in this recession. I've had a blast with challenging classes and making new friends (hard to do in your 30's!), even finding out that my high school teachers were wrong ... I can learn math!
And I gained a lot of weight back. Sitting right here at this laptop, aiming for A's and forgetting about everything else. I don't have a 4.0, and I partially blame abandoning my fitness for that (also not being uber-smart).
Last fall I had my worst semester, I was constantly tired, stressed, and a little depressed in retrospect. My grades suffered even though school was all I could think about or do. I remember back to 4 years ago when I felt the same and got fed up with being sore, uncomfortable and listless all the time, and how different I felt with 20 pounds off my frame - so different in fact I stuck with it for 70 more.
So ... I did fail. I went back to full on couch potato because I had an excuse. Now not only do I have pounds to drop, but what I really want to do is feel that energy again, that flexibility, and that wonderful exhaustion after a real workout. I've thought many times that tomorrow was the day, I would get back on the diet and exercise, but I never did. Even when major social events were coming, I just went out and bought bigger and bigger clothes. To this day I don't have a bra that fits.
Ok now I'm just whining.
It's day 2 and I think I'm really ready now.
