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July 5, 2026 · 2 min read

Hitch and Step

Restarting a health journey, yo-yo weight, and I fail at balance.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I have started a lot of these in the past, but this one will be different. It isn't the linchpin in my plans; it is just part of a larger change.

Two years ago, I started a health journey that went well. I focused on the two basic concepts for losing weight: moving more & eating less. It worked. I lost 70 pounds in about 12 months.

I also had a goal of running a marathon. I did a half marathon 6 months into my change and had peaked at nearly 17 miles. I don't think I hit a wall; work and life got busy, and I stopped my good habits. Over the last 12 months, I gained nearly all the weight back.

Before going further, I need to say that I have heard it isn't good for me to yo-yo my weight back and forth. Regardless, I keep trying to fix myself.

Aside, I stay in my office too much. I literally stopped writing this, ashamed that I have spent so much time in here; yet I don't think I left... I adjusted my focus to another computer, drank some water, and scrolled on my phone. My body is telling me to stay in this chair...why is that? It is a similar feeling to wanting to eat bad food or drink soda.

I need to start tracking my time. Going to set up a simple phone app to help me take breaks and split up my time a bit more. More to come on this...

I am all over the place, and that is just me. One other note and something I hope to visualize at some point, as shown by my weight, I suck at balancing things, though I desire balance as any good Libra should.

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