one year

I wake up in the morning and do deep breathing exercises, then my brain boost exercises, then my glut exercises and finish it up with more deep breathing.

My inhale has gone from 4 seconds to 6 since Tuesday.
Things don't bother me as much throughout the day.
I'm changing....again.

When my nutritionist/trainer asked how long I thought it would take me to get well I answered,
"One year."

He's a very even kinda guy.
He's passionate but he's not passionate in a Darren kinda way (click here for Darren).
I'd call him dispassionate but you can look at him and tell he cares.
He's also very committed to spreading the truth about food.
He'll drop the F bomb a lot if he's trying to prove a point, but over all, he's calm to the point of sooothing.

So when he asked me how long it would take to get healthy and I answered, "One year" he paused.
He blinked.
Pointed to my paperwork where I indicated that I've been morbidly obese, clinically depressed and sickly since I was 23
and
asked me to do the math.

I had spent how many years living in that condition?
22 years.
I've been morbidly obese for 22 years.
I've been overweight since childhood.

He asked me to think about how long I'd spent being sick and tired, how many years I'd spent developing my current less-than-healthy habits, how long it took to get myself into the condition I was in - broken, tired, at a weight loss plateau and on crutches with joints that were not healing.

He asked me again, how long I thought it would take me to get healthy.
I answered, "One year."

"Well, you can certainly make some drastic improvements in your health in a year's time," he conceded.

On May 26, 2010 let's hope the earth is still spinning so I can see how far I've come.

*Lisa's Video Pick of the Day*
Throw out your pasteurized milk and get a cow!
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For some reason, my name is in the tags for this video.
That's awesome!
Here it is.
Enjoy.
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