The little train that could.

I think I can, I think I can.... I feel like the little train that could. Struggling to get up that weight loss hill. I keep trying to make my way up but keep stumbling back. Every morning I pick myself up and try to make it up that hill but by the end of the day I'm stumbling. I need to figure out what is setting me back. Bordom?

I did make a huge leap up yesterday. I went walking with my sister and friend. My friend and I walked 2 miles. We're doing it again on Thursday. I felt great! I actually felt like jogging some. I also got a HUGE confidence boost from a total stranger.

I found a blogsite called "Fat Girl Walkin'". The blogger is a news writer in Phoenix. She's my age and she did the 3 day breast cancer walk last year. I wrote to her about 2 weeks ago asking how she had done it, if she had been an exerciser before hand, etc. She wrote me back yesterday. She told me she WASN'T an exerciser, HADN'T done 5k's like I have. Basically, she was a girl who did nothing. She told me she had a lot of people who scoffed at her but eventually came on board when she was training. In my email to her I told her my current weight and age and in the email back she told me she was a lot heavier than me and the same age when she did it. She boosted my confidence so much. She told me she would get me in contact with 3 day support groups that she had and she even said she would be willing to call me and keep me encouraged.

I also learned that you don't have to walk the 20 miles a day. Raising the money, making friends and of course walking as much of the walk as you can is what's important. I'm thinking about this a little more now. I guess I'd better decide soon so I can start the training program. Hope my feet are ready.