Perspective

145, 55 - just a couple of numbers. Isn't it amazing how we let a number define who we are, not only to other people, but more importanly, to ourselves? 145 could be an aspiring number or it could be a number people hate. It could be a number that someone wants to reach or it could be a number that we hope we never reach. It is all in our perspective - someone once said that a person's perspective is all there is - an observation that I firmly believe in. That will be true in this blog - my perspective and yours will probably not be the same, but I hope you will learn something from mine and I hope to learn something from yours.



What is my perspective on these two numbers? Well, they could be just numbers that I pulled out of thin air, but they aren't. The first one is my weight and the second is my age. The first one is a number that I am not very happy with. The second is a number that I am living with.



I know that there are many people who would be very happy if they weighed what I weigh. Some would say that I am being vain and unhealthy about my weight. Once again, perspective is all there is - when you have weighed 110 to 115 pounds your entire adult life and now, at the tender age of 55, you are 30 pounds over that weight - well, to me, there is a problem. To me, it is no different than someone who weighs 175 pounds and wants to weigh 145 pounds. 30 pounds are 30 pounds. I believe my major problem is I never had to diet or exercise to maintain the 110-115 pound weight of my younger years. Now, I have NO idea what I am suppose to do. Diet and exercise, what is that? How do you do it? I know that for some, it is like breathing - you just do it, but for me it is like moving to Italy and not knowing how to speak Italian. I'm completely lost!



The second number - my age - well, my perspective will change depending on the day you ask me - most of the time I'm okay with my age - today isn't one of those days.



So, that leads me to why I am writing this "blog" (which, by the way, is a new venture for me). I will attempt to explain what I am doing about one of my numbers and how I am coming to grips with the other. What I learn about "diets" and exercise. How I try to learn to eat different things that I may not like to eat - fish for example (yuck!) I HATE fish, but that will be the topic for another day. What exercises work, or not work, for me (I haven't found any yet!) Along the way I hope to find some new friends and learn some new things about myself (and maybe about you too).



I would like to invite you to join me on this journey through 2008. I hope to have many successes to talk about, but will also have some failures along the way. Please join in with questions, answers, comments, and suggestions. It will interesting to see where this year will lead us and see how much our perspectives will change along the way.