Dreamer's Corner

My name is Mille, I’m 34 years old and well over 300 ilbs. My back aches and I fear for my health. I don’t know my exact weight but what I do know is that I want it gone. It hasn’t been easy for me with all this to carry around. Since I was a child I have dealt with this in addition to my epilepsy. It was during Christmas holidays when my boyfriend was over that I decided to really do something about it.

He and I were laying in bed watching tv and King of the Hill had come on and it was that episode where Bill is diagnosed with diabetes. My boyfriend looked at me and started to whimper and I asked him what was wrong and he said “I don’t want you to get diabetes.” So we got to talking about the subject, I agreed with him that I wanted to be healthy for him, for us, and any future children we might have together. It took me a few weeks to really get things in gear but yesterday, Jan 25, 2010, I decided to take a walk at work.

I took my first walk alone at work during my first 15 min break. The second time yesterday was during lunch with a couple of friends that I sometimes sit with. Today, I got some of the girls I usually hang with during break and lunch to join in and ended up doing an entire hour! 15 mins during first break, 30 during lunch and 15 during second break. I can tell you that my feet are a little sore from all the walking but I’m glad that I have Connie to push me just a bit more to keep it up.

My goal in this? Well I plan on doing the walking for the next 174 days. On July 20, 2010 is when I’m planning on flying out to North Carolina to visit my boyfriend. Hopefully by then I’ll have shed enough pounds to fit in the seats on the plane. Wish me luck!