I laughed, I cried and I absolutely enjoyed the flying fox 'leap of faith' they took.
But, nothing hit home for me more, than both Cal and Cameron saying that they HAD to do this for their kids. They HAD to let their kids have a dad. They HAD to be there for them when they finish high school or when they get married.
I want the same for my kids. I don't want to be a ticking time bomb. And that's why things have to change.
Last year, I was diagnosed with cholesterol issues.
The doctor told me at the time not to worry, it's not too high. YET. "Come back and see me in 10 years" he said.
I went home and as you do, it played on my mind and I decided to consult Doctor Google.
What I read, translated to cholesterol means that there is too much fatty crap floating around my body and if I don't make a change, it's going to deposit itself in my arteries and lead to possible heart disease, stroke or death.
I was shocked to say the least.
Cholesterol is something OLD people have problems with! I remember my Nan and Pa always saying about how they couldn't eat this or that, because it was too high in cholesterol, got to cut down the cholesterol, don't have too much butter on your toast, it's got too much cholesterol.
I'm only 30 for #*@% sake!
I work in an aged care facility, I have had an insight into what happens to a person as they reach old age. It's not pretty and I don't want to be someone that has to have their bum wiped by a carer because I can't reach it, or my body failing due to putting on too much weight and getting to the point of not being able to support myself, or needing a lifting device to help me up when I fall because I am too fat to get off the floor on my own after my legs give up. That's if I even live long enough to NEED aged care.
My Nan and Pa both died in their early 70's. My grandparents on my dad's side died in their 80's. Neither side ever made it to a care facility. They died before they could get there.
My father also has a heart condition. About 10 years ago, he had a heart attack. He wasn't even 50.
That is a HUGE wake-up call to me.
I have to make the change NOW, before it's too late.
I have to make that commitment to myself, to make me, a better me.
I have to be honest with you all, right now.
Since the walking challenge finished last year, I took a long break from exercise. And, to some extent, eating healthy as well.
I hurt one of my feet quite badly during one of the Biggest Loser challenges. I pushed through the pain and finished the walking challenge but after that, I stopped to rest. It got to the point where it was a struggle to even walk around my home and workplace. I was doing as little as 1500 steps per day. It has taken a good 5 months to get it even close to being healed. I just HAD to rest it, for it to heal. But I did it wrong and I took the resting a little too far, unfortunately.
I started to regain some of the 16.5kg that I lost in 2013. I worked too damn hard to get that off. There is no way it's coming back!
Plus, I need to lose about another 20 kilos to be in a healthier weight range for my height.
So, I am renewing my commitment to myself. To make the changes I need to in my diet and lifestyle, to achieve the personal goals I have set myself for 2014.
This is how I plan to do it:
- No more junk thinking
- Not to drink my calories
- Drink more water
- Eat at least my 5 and 2 every day
- Restrict junk food to a minimum
- Exercise more
More information will come in the coming days and weeks on how I plan to achieve this and what I have already started doing to make "the change".
xx Krystal