In the beginning...

Well... Here we are in 2017.  I turn 31 in a couple of weeks.  I'm not sure I'm ready for it.  One thing I do know is that I don't feel as healthy as I did a couple of years ago.  So this year I am going to do the 100 days challenge that John Green (the young adult author) and his friend Chris are doing on YouTube.  You should check it out.  I think it'll be really cool.  They plan on posting healthy recipes and talking to people about physical and mental health.  I think they post videos every Tuesday and Friday. 100 Days YouTube Channel <-- the link!

I am planning on using this blog as my fitness diary.  It'll be my food journal along with my exercise and feeling journal.  The goal is to write it in daily.

Here are the beginning statistics for myself.  I'm not happy about these at all.  But I do hope to see an improvement as the 100 days progresses.

Weight: 203 lbs
Height: 5' 6"
BMI: 32.8
This number is really hard for me to swallow.  I don't feel obese, but the numbers say I am.  And I'm sure if you look at my blood work or a scan of my liver, it would agree with the numbers.  I HATE this number and the whole goal is to drop this one.  Since I can't get taller, I guess I'll drop the weight.  The thing that REALLY SUCKS is that I have hypothyroidism and PCOS complete with insulin resistance. I'll write about those in a separate blog, but lately they have been an excuse for me instead of motivation.  At this point I'll just clue you in that having these two illnesses means that losing weight is a very hard process for me.

I have before pictures, but I'm not brave enough to post them yet.  My plan is to take pictures once a month to document the changes.

Year goals: Run the Flying Pig 10K in Cincinnati in a time faster than the last time I ran it - so less than an hour.  I also want to run the Marshall University Half Marathon in November.  I ran my first and only half in Indianapolis a couple of years ago.  I had a hard time with running injuries in 2016.