This week I finally broke an invisible barrier. For the last six or seven months, I've been at a weight-loss plateau where I've been stuck between 360 and 370lbs. Everything I've tried to change in my diet has yielded few results. I've switched to supplementing my protein intake with beans and rice as a cost measure, and while it helped a little bit, it wasn't enough. I consume about 1800 to 2400 calories a day and to me that seems like not very much.

So, last Monday I decided I needed to increase my activity in some way. I figured I'd try to find a used weight bench and weights and get into that, but so far what I've found is either too expensive or way to big for my needs. Concerned with the cost, I remembered what my surgeon said to me a year ago- "Walking is free." It was then I decided to take this walking thing a bit more seriously, and investigate just what I can do with it.

All this time I've been walking a mile here and there, totaling 2 or 3 miles a week. I was very inconsistent and I realized I need to get better at it. I decided that this time around I would take some measurements while walking. First, I wanted to gauge how long it took me to walk the usual route at one of my favorite spots(the park at the Waterfront). Surprisingly, it took me only 30 minutes to walk it. Using a distance calculator that uses Google maps, I found out that I was actually walking about two miles.

Two miles? In 30 minutes? That's it?? I can do two miles a day! Using this distance calculator, I found two other favorite places had plenty of room for two miles of walking as well. I've walked every day since Monday except yesterday due to the rain with today making it 9 miles so far. I plan on continuing this trend and make it at least 10 miles a week.

So, thanks to all the extra walking, I've finally managed to break a plateau. I weighed myself yesterday and I'm at 355lbs. This is fantastic. I'm back on the weight-loss wagon again. I still plan on getting a weight bench but its not a priority and I can wait to find a cheap used one. I plan on using it for inclement weather and the winter to stay in shape. In other good news I have a good lead on a second job, this one for delivering papers... which involves walking