August 6th, 2011

So checking in weekly is also not my thing; however, I've done well. I'm currently down to 179 pounds or 12 stones and 11 pounds. I like being weighed in stones because I feel so much smaller then. I may refer to my weight in stones forever just because I can feel my self-esteem inflate every time I say "I'm 12 stones and 11 pounds". Yep. There it goes again! It just keeps raising up! Ha!

As for what I've been eating. We finally stopped eating out for every meal as we've settled down into our new house. I've stayed away from bread and most grains as well. I'm not a huge fan of the "Caveman Diet"; however, my husband is. He's a huge believer in it and he doesn't cheat at all. Meanwhile, I don't put a lot of stock into what the diet has to say but I will say that bread does make you fat. Everything is about moderation though. If you eat smaller portions you'll be fine. Honestly, staying away from all grains isn't the brightest idea---but everyone has their opinion.

So! Yes, I've been eating lots of meat. Mostly red meat with some turkey. I've also been consuming more fruit even though I only eat bananas. As for vegetables, well, those have been terribly limited. Green beans, corn, some peas and carrots have been about it. Still I like to think that I'm doing rather well.

My exercise routine is about the same. I still do 25 leg lifts, 25 push-ups, and now 25 crunches. I'm hoping to start doing pull-ups soon if I can convince my husband to install the bar without raising suspicion. Did I mention that he isn't aware of my exercising? Yeah, he's not and he won't be for as long as I can keep it hidden. Why? Because my husband doesn't know when to get off my back about exercising. If he knew I was doing it, I honestly think he'd start quizzing me every time he came home from work. "Did you do your sit-ups? Did you do your crunches? How many? How quickly? Did you do anything else today?" Don't get me wrong, I love my husband---but he's kind of a health nut and a NAG. I don't need him ruining my fun.

Anyways, I'm so close to my 20 pound goal. I need to lose another 9 pounds to be at 170. Once I reach that goal (hopefully by the end of the month) then I can start focusing on losing 10 pounds per month. My goal is to be 140 pounds (10 stones) by 2012. That's 40 pounds in five months. Seems do-able. =) Hoo-hah!

I'll be posting a picture and measurements in the coming days.

Tuesday 07/19/11

I'm thinking that blogging everyday about what I've ate and what exercises I've done will be rather boring, so---I'm going to post once a week and do an "overall" type of post. Yep.

Monday 07/18/11

Today was a slow one starting off. I didn't want to leave my bed, my comfy bedroom, and by the time I crawled my way into the shower---I didn't want to leave the shower. It's not that I'm lazy, it's just that I hate mornings. Especially mornings where I don't get my coffee.

I didn't leave the house until 10:30 and I ended up running several errands before getting to my destination at 11:40. The destination was our old house where I had several more things to pack into my truck. I ran up and down our old stairs at least 25 times, so that should totally count towards my exercises...right? That's 100 steps climbed! I'm counting it. Yep.

My other exercises consisted of 25 sissy girl push-ups, the kind where you're on your knees and then 25 leg lifts. That's it. Lame, I know---but I did work up a sweat just from those two things and my lower abs are already sore.

As for food, I had a single serving of Alfredo Fettuccine with snow peas and peppers and then I had a Chipotle Burrito for dinner. It was delicious and guilt inducing! Worth it? I think so, I think so.

First Weigh-in and Measurements

Today is my first weigh-in, measurements, and photograph. I may move my monthly updates to the first of every month once August 1st rolls around. Anyways, let us get this ugly business out of the way.

To the right you can see my yucktastic stomach and lower boob. While it's true that there are larger people roaming the beaches of every tropical location, I don't wish to be mistaken for a beached whale when I visit one of those sandy getaways. In order to avoid being tossed into the ocean by local PETA fans, I need to start caring for and maintaining my body now. Yes, my face has been edited out of the photograph for the simple reason that I was a grease ball the day I decided to take this photo---today. Our new house doesn't have a proper shower! Don't judge me!

Here are my first set of measurements: Biceps: 12 inches, Bust: 42 Inches, Waist: 36 inches, Hip: 44 inches, Thigh: 27 inches. Those 40's make me sad. Extremely sad. I'd love to lose at least seven inches from my bust, waist, and hips before the start of 2012. My thighs and biceps are more than welcome to gain more girth if girth means muscle. I find large, strong, and well defined thighs highly attractive on women. Means you can literally kick the shit out of someone. As for my weight---the scale is back at the old house, but I'm going to guess I'm at least 192 pounds since that's how much I weighed a few weeks ago and I don't feel much larger than that.

Today, I was a naughty eater. We still need to get groceries for our new house fridge. So, all I ate today was a Hardee's Frisco hamburger sandwich, french fries, chocolate milkshake, tea, sprite, two servings of Pringle's Sour Cream and Onion chips....oh, and a handful of strawberries. Hurray for fruit!

Exercising---yeah, none of that today. I'm a lazy white girl who is currently busy moving crap from one house into another in the middle of summer. I have no desire to do push-ups, sit-ups, or anything that requires sweating until I'm able to say that I'm completely done with moving. Yeahhh...excuses. I'll try to do something tomorrow.

Why I'm here.

Blogging has never been my forte. Putting myself out there, on the world-wide web, is a scary thing because the things written in cyberspace tend to stay in cyberspace. People online, tucked away behind their computer screen, can be incredibly mean, heartless, and uncouth. So, you'll have to bear with me as I try to break free from my shy demeanor.

I've created this blog in an effort to motivate myself to lose weight. Like so many women in the world, I have body image issues. Normally I find myself highly attractive and will often roam around my home in the buff; however, once I see a full body photo of myself I'm left feeling disgusted by my own body. I understand that photos have a way of distorting images---but when I was thinner I never hated my photos. I hate them now. Loathe them in fact.

So, in this blog I will be posting a monthly photo of my body, well, upper body that is as I don't have a full length mirror in the house. These images won't be flattering; however, I want to catalog my body's change. I want to see myself getting thinner over the months. Along with each photo I will post my weight and some measurements of my body: waist, hip, bust, thigh, and biceps. Some of those should get larger as I build muscle while the others should go down in size.

Every day I will log my calorie intake and my exercise routine. At least, I'll attempt to log it all every single day. I kind of suck at blogging---as previously mentioned. Wish me luck?