Ok, I've suggested this before, but it looks like I'm actually doing it this time. Novel concept, I know.
Some of you may know that I was recently approved and in the process of scheduling Lap band surgery to lose weight. I've tried pretty much every diet over the years, with the net result of gaining 195 pounds during my adult life. My highest weight was 405. I managed to get down to 384 with no particular program, and I have weighed that much for about two years now. It was getting very apparent (duh) that it was time to lose some weight.
I had pretty much given up on being able to do it myself, so after a few friends had pretty successful weight loss surgeries, I decided to go for the Lap band. I got all the way through the process, then decided I wanted to do something less extreme that did not involve surgery and the lifestyle modifications it would cause me to make.
In true Jim fashion, I decided to something so ridiculous that a normal person would never attempt it. I decided to harness my lifetime love of walking to take off the weight, by walking the distance between Plovdiv, Bulgaria (The hometown of my friend Elena) and Capetown, South Africa (a convenient point on the map and sort of close to where my friend Priscilla currently resides). This is a distance of 5267 miles. We are doing it currently in chunks of 10-11 miles, three or more nights per week. Longer routes soon to come as we get in better condition.
Details to follow.
No comments:
Post a Comment