I'm a 41 year-old police detective.

Over the past 10 years, I've let myself get overweight. Tired. Lazy. Unattractive. Boring.

It was easy--I had an excuse. I went back to school in 2002 and worked my way through a Master's degree from the University of Florida, Summa Cum Laude. Mostly, I carried a full-time course load in addition to my full-time job. And homicide callouts. And court overtime. And instructing at the police academy. You get it. I'm a Type A personality.

While I was busy perusing book after book and researching paper after paper, my ass got bigger and bigger. My pants size grew larger and larger. Meh...I'll fix that later. Well, guess what?

Later.....is NOW.

And, it's a hell of a lot easier putting the weight on than taking it off. Anyone who had gained and lost more than 20 pounds will tell you the same.

This is my journey to lose 35 pounds and compete in the closest thing to the Olympic Games offered in amateur sports. The 2011 World Police and Fire Games in New York City.

I have 5 months to lose the weight and train my body to compete against elite athletes from around the globe. I've seen the records and they're no joke. I'll have to swim faster than I did when I was 14 or 15 and broke county records in Maryland back in the 80's.

No luck necessary. I'm getting my fat ass into the pool.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The Weight


The WEIGHT. I have a minimum of 30 pounds to lose if I'm going to have a prayer of competing the way I want to in August. I keep thinking---August, that's 5 months away! And then I think--August. Shit! That's 5 months away!

30 pounds. That sounds so daunting to a woman who has been at a fairly ideal weight most of my life. I gained it so fast while I was in school--not working out, not getting sleep, working too much in an exhausted state. Truth be told, I think I drained my adrenals to the point that they finally told me to kindly go fuck myself and started pumping out cortisol like nobody's business. Now, I have fat stores in places I didn't know I had places. I've been reading a lot of books (Jillian Michaels, Tosca Reno, pros in the fitness biz) and I think I have a pretty good idea of where to go with this thing.

My diet for the past several days has been FLAWLESS and I'm not minding as much as I thought I would. I've noticed my energy levels jump through the roof and I've actually wanted to go to the gym and pool to workout. Hard. I mean, push myself like crazy.

I seriously hope that this energy burst lasts, because I'm loving it right now. I feel lighter and my clothes are already beginning to feel a little looser. Not that I have the money for an entire new wardrobe, but it won't hurt my feelings if I never see a double-digit pants size ever again!

The photo symbolizes the fog I've been living in for 2 years while I worked on my advanced degree. Now that I've accomplished that goal, I've planted the seed for another one.


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