Whoops

It occurs to me that I might be somewhat bad at this blogging thing. Well, that's only partially true. It's more that I can't remember to come over to Blogger and make a post, even though I'm on Google Mail all day, every day. And that's probably a bit sad. I'm going to be working on changing that.

Since my last post, it's been sort of one thing after another. My many and varied host of health issues was finally resolved as being fibromyalgia. I'm even on two medicines that keep me at a pretty even keel between being comfortable and being in constant pain. The downside is, somehwhat predictably, one of them makes me gain weight. In two or so months I've been on the medicine, my weight has ballooned out of control. 

So now I have to work twice as hard to get the weight back off, plus try to keep myself healthy, while being limited in the number of exercises I should do. My doctor actually recommended I hold off on running until I get at least twenty or thirty pounds off.

Basically, I'm starting from scratch. I weigh more right now than I ever have in my entire life. This is where I'm starting from:

*189.2 pounds

*5'7" 

From the top

This is where I start shaming myself into losing weight and exercising more. The temptation may be huge to sit in my computer chair at home or at work--and cuddle my kitties--but I'm going to have to start making myself get up and get moving at least a few times a day.

ShopKick has been good for at least getting DR (Dear Roomie) and me out of the house every so often, but more often than not, I find myself reluctant to go to the gym. I feel like I should be glad that I'm at least getting out of that house; I've not always been good about doing that. (In fact, I've said more than once, if I could live life as a hermit, I might well do that.)

But now it's time to get my embarrassment on. It's time for the "where I'm starting from" pictures to go up. And why yes, I am dreading it.

Currently, I weight 74.7kg/164.6lbs. I'm 172 cm/5'7.5" tall. (My goal is 59kg/130lbs.) These photos were taken Wednesday, when I was at 75.2kg, but the measurement were taken today. I'll try my best to do both on the same day from here on out.

20 March 2013, 8pm
Waist: 81.5cm/32"
Hips: 104cm/41"
Thigh: 57cm/22.5"
Forearm: 22.5cm/9"
Wrist: 16cm/6.25"
Neck: 35cm/13.75"

This gives me the following stats:

• BMI: 25.25
• Body Fat Percentage: 27.08%
• Waist-to-Hip Ratio: 0.78