Day 1 - August 2011

So it's a year and a half after the family started their journey on the weight-loss, exercise, nutrition journey. None of us finished the blog journey. In my opinion, it's always hard to do things alone.

I guess I am finding though, many times your health won't be something other people can always help you with. I have some friends I work out with a couple times a week, but I can't manipulate my schedule enough to always be with people I know. So I gravitate to instructors that are fun, or intense. But then, it's all up to me to get my lazy butt out of bed and actually work hard in the gym.

Anyway, a year and a half later, and I am ashamed to say I am 13 pounds heavier than my best days doing the blog!! WHAAAAAAATT!!?? How could that happen!? How could all of 2010's summer clothes NOT FIT!? Well I hurt injured my foot last October, so that stunted some workouts, then in March I really messed up my knee. Both injury cost me me regular workout schedule, and I had to go to physical therapy. And ever since October, it's been a battle to say no to all the junk food! I'm never very disciplined with food, if I'm not disciplined with working out. But that's baloney! I shouldn't trash my body with food, just because I can't workout.

SO, I'm a little bummed, thinking about what a chubster I've become since my injuries, and how I didn't actually have to let that happen.

Today is Day 1 of my short term journey to lose 13 pounds by November 8th - my 27th birthday. And then I'd hope to have my knees in decent condition, so I could start working from then on to get stronger above all else, and even leaner if possible....but I'm not going to think much on the long term...I'll evaluate that a little later.

So, if you get updates from this blog, you may want to quite that...it's just little me, alone, blogging, for my own accountability with myself.

Day 1. Body Pump + Elliptical for 15mins. Caleb and I are on our annual planning retreat, so we at Player's and Tiramasu. More calories than I need and more than I could work off for sure. Tomorrow's a new day. I will work to consume 1350 and no more. And go for a walk.

1 Pound a week for 7 weeks, and 1 pounds for 3 different weeks. Will put me at 142 by November 8th. 27 will be back to the plateau I hope, feeling healthier than now.