Countdown to Maine....26 weeks!!!

In 26 weeks I'm going to Maine w/my sisters and Mother for a week. I haven't been there to see my sister Nancy since Wes and I got married 11 1/2 years ago. I was the highest weight of my life on that trip..
..340 lbs.

I got back and saw my wedding pictures and just about died of shame. Spent the next three years dropping 141 lbs to 199 and I felt great...looked good...such a difference!!

I was doing great...going to curves 3x/week, walking 20-25 miles a week and I loved it...felt strong....felt more like I did as a kid for the first time as an adult, at least since my children were born. Then I hurt my back, two falls, spondylolisthesis, a disc herniation, severe spinal stenosis and nerve compression to my legs which caused/causes severe pain and inability to walk any distance. Over the last six years I have lost so much muscle mass, so much strength that I am starting at the very beginning, the bottom. I''ve regained 76 lbs of the weight I lost but I am not done....not by a long shot!!

When I go to Maine I will be so much further along then I am now toward my goal of being strong, energetic and thin. Yes, I have a long way to go, but the time will pass one way or another and now that I've found cycling and seen some improvement already I know I have found the right combination. Will I be perfect no.....but I will strive to do the next right thing.

I'm going to keep posting in this same thread to have continuity on my journey. I'm resolved~

Thursday...1-12-12

Cycling-

#1-2 pm....15.5 minutes....2 miles!!.....best yet!