By the Numbers...

At my heart, I am an analytical person.  I take very little in life at face value.  I look deeper into most situations, and read more into things than most people, I suppose.  I do this in my quest for meaning… it's how I make life make sense.

 

Data…numbers…mean a lot to me.  In the classroom, I base instructional decisions on data I gather about my students.  And in my life, I use data to help me walk this journey I’m on to health and wellness.  I thought I’d share some of the data I’ve gathered about myself with you as we begin 2012 together.   

Being a huge sports fan, too, I love how ESPN does their “By the Numbers” segment.  So here’s ME…By the Numbers! 

328 – The number of pounds I weighed back in April 2010 when I began this journey. (That number was perhaps higher at one point based on how I looked in photographs, but this is what I consider my highest weight because I finally got on a scale and measured it that day!)

231 – The number of pounds my scale read this morning.

200 – The number of crunches I do in my typical ab workout.

188 – The total number of pounds I will lose when this journey is done.  This will make me no longer classified as overweight according to the NIH standards for height/weight and BMI.

140 – How many pounds I’ll weigh when I’ve lost the weight I’ve set as my goal to lose.

119 – The number of days until my 45^th birthday, when I’d like to weigh less than 200 pounds.

97 – The total number of pounds I’ve lost as of this morning on the scale.

80 – The number of pounds I currently use for leg presses…ouch!

58 – What my BMI was when I weighed my highest.  Classified as “morbidly obese”…well, far beyond it, actually.  (“Morbid obesity” begins at a BMI of 40!)

57 – The percent of my body weight I will have lost when I reach my final goal.

39 – My current BMI…only “obese”…no longer “morbidly obese”!

30 – The minimum number of minutes I aim to work out for my cardio-fitness during a regular gym visit. (Sometimes I’ll do less if my knees won’t permit me to do more.)

29 – The percent of my body weight I’ve already lost!

28 – The size of the jeans I used to wear.

18 – The size of the jeans I put on this morning!
17:17 - The fastest amount of time I've walked a mile on the treadmill

16:45 – The fastest amount of time I’ve ever moved a mile on the arc trainer.

13 – The number of pounds I lost between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve in 2011.  Not bad, given all those holiday gatherings!

8:20 – The fastest amount of time I’ve ever run a mile on the elliptical.

6 – The number of arm machines in my circuit training routine.

5 – The number of times each week I try to make it into the gym for a workout.

3.25 – The number of miles I can walk at one time these days!

2 – The number of knees that will eventually be replaced, no matter how much weight I lose to put that day off.

And finally…

1…AMAZING group of friends and family who encourage, inspire, support, celebrate, and hold me accountable on this journey.  

I am so INCREDIBLY blessed that you are in my life.  Thank you for your part in making me well, for joining me in this journey to change my life!  You are a hugely important part of that journey, whether you know it or not.  I pray that your new year is filled with all kinds of goals, accomplishments, and opportunities to laugh, live, love, and grow.  

Let’s roll 2012…we’ve got things to do!!