I decided that I needed something to get me back on the road to where I need to be before it became too late. Then it struck me, a "road trip" that could symbolize the journey that I want to take. Of course, it wouldn't be a real road trip, but one in which I would track my progress on the "road" with the number of miles that I walk or run in a day. And, you can't get much bigger than a trip from coast to coast. Since I have a sister who lives in Seattle, Washington and a brother that lives near Washington, D.C. I decided that would be my route. It also dawned on me that many times I have been through each of the states that I would "cross" on this journey and I have many memories of family trips and places that I have lived in each of these states.
So...here is the plan: each week I will keep track of my mileage by showing on a map where I would be in my trip. In addition, I will talk about some of the memories I have about the place where I am currently "located" in my journey. It will be slow going at first since I will be limited to the number of miles that I can actually run, but I hope to eventually average about 10 miles per day (both from walking throughout the day and running) so that I can go from Washington to Washington in a year.
I also recently watched the "Live and Let Diet" episode of Good Eats where Alton Brown talks about what he did to be able to lose 50 pounds in 9 months. I am going to take a page from his book and work on monitoring my "way of life" in such a way as to lose weight and remain healthy. His ideas go along with what I have written on this blog before about "diets" actually needing to be a "way of life" rather than a fad.
I am gunning for success this time, and will be including pictures to show my progress.
Wish me luck :)
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