Wednesday, January 28, 2009

I don't post on this blog enough....

I have not been very diligent in posting on my personal blog. I will endeavor to post more often.

Times have been both good and tough lately. I am doing well in some ways. I have lost another 13 lbs and now am down to 258 lbs. When I was at my fattest I weighed in roughly at 315 lbs. So I have lost 57 lbs. Not bad. How have I done it? I am not really sure. I have not exercised like I should, but I have cut back on what I eat. I read somewhere that losing weight is as simple as eating fewer calories than one needs to maintain a certain weight. When I was at my heaviest, I started to just try and eat less. It has taken more than 6 years, but I have lost weight and kept it off. So I guess I am doing something right.

This brings me to my New Years goals. I don't think resolutions but rather have set a few goals that I want to keep this year. They are as follows:

1) Lose the last 37 lbs of extra weight that I still have one me. My target weight is 220 lbs. This would put me at what I weighed when I got married in 1993. While the "tables" say I should weigh 180 lbs, which was lighter than I was when I returned from my mission (195).

2) Read the Book of Mormon 3 times. This is a goal set by our Bishop this year. I have not read the Book of Mormon in from beginning to end in so long I am embarrassed to say.

3) Pray every morning and night. 41 years old and I have not established this habit.

That's it. I will report on my progress.