Walk Two Miles in My Shoes

Yes, yes, believe or not, yesterday I walked two miles. Like the trail a couple of days ago, it wasn't that bad. The worst part being that I walk with a limp due to my left knee surgery. When I walk I put all of my weight on my right side. So, that causes my right side to wear out faster than my left. But other than that, it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I need to start doing it on a semi-daily basis. Once my son's football season is over, I could probably squeeze that in most evenings. At least that would be something.

I haven't really changed my diet this week, as I had planned. I know, I know...big shocker. But, hey, at least I have walked a little. :)

I did take one thing away from church this week. The pastor said, "You can't change the past, but you can directly affect the future." I realized that I have always looked at losing weight as trying to erase the mistakes I had made in the past. But, when faced with those insurmountable amount of weight, I always give up. So, I started thinking, maybe instead of trying to change the past, which is impossible, maybe I should start working on changing my future. If I can create a future where I am no longer "Mr. Fat Guy", maybe I will have a chance at getting rid of this weight. Granted, I haven't done a lot to change my future since I heard that on Sunday, but at least I have some sort of a plan. If I can make a small change every week in the way I am currently eating/exercising, then it can affect my future. I can't go back and change what I ate last week, but I can change what I do tomorrow.

Here's to the future.