BrandNewMe09

It looks nothing like me. I guess I use this photo because this is what I want my stomach look like one day.  Is that so bad?

This is what I look like now… or at least some time last week:

In short, I got my work cut out for me.

I  think I was very good this week.  I have been tracking at I eat in my food log all of this week and I never kept any type of journal for this long before. I have been slacking off in the exercise department (haven’t worked out for the last two days .) but I am going to burn it out this weekend to make up for it.

I weighed myself this morning.  Hurray! I got to my first mini goal weight of 150 pounds!   I like setting my goal weight small because this way it seems so easy to achieve and every little bit counts.  Thanks to everyone who have lent their encouragement and support so far.

 My 1st post. I hope that it doesn’t suck too bad.

I may be a newbie to blogging but I am no newbie to weight loss (or gain).  As a kid I was always big and was never crazy about playing sports or being active.  My favorite hobby as a child was sitting in front of the tv eating snack foods and chips and I still miss those days.  Nobody really worried about my weight back then because they just assumed that I would just grow into my weight.  As I was to grow into my teens and my doctor realized that I wouldn’t be much taller 5′3 that with my weight back then, I would become a fat teen then a fat adult if a intervention wasn’t made.  My parents did their part my reducing the amount of junk food they gave me.  I did not like this and found ways to sneak junk food back in my life. Though my height didn’t change my weight continued to rise.  I wanted to be thinner then but I did not want to give up my unhealthy habits ether.

I was in the public library one day when was 14 and I picked up a book that eventually changed my life forever. It was called Toning for Teens.  I started following the routines in the book and saw my body change for the better. My favorite part of the book’s plan was that the routines took only twenty minuets a day and once I got the routines memorized I could do them while watching my favorite tv sitcoms.

It wasn’t until  about 2 years later that I  got to my desired weight loss goal. I lost the weight unconsciously by slowly adapting to many conscious healthy choices. During that time period I replaced soft drinks and juices with water, started walking more, ate more healthy foods, and joined a gym with my family.  All the while I continued to weight train and even added yoga and Pilates to my workout routine. Before I knew it I lost 30 pounds and I was at my lowest weight at 128 (though I looked much leaner because I had muscles from the weights) and I was the happiest and most energetic at that time.

This did not last very long because when I was 17 I got my first job and spent less time working out  fell back into so old habits and gained back all the weight I loss and to this day, at 20 years old I struggle to take off.

I know first hand that my weight might not reflect my actual lost (since I will continue to weight train) so I will post my current and starting bodily measurement.

Here they are:

Chest:37 inches

Waist:30.5 inches

Hips:38.75 inches

Right Upper Arm: 12. 75 inches

Left Upper Arm: 12 inches

Right Thigh:24.5 inches

Left Thigh: 24.5 inches

My starting weight is 153, a weight I have been maintaining for about the past year.

I am excited about this new phase in my weight loss journey.  I really hope that this excitement stays for a while because I know how important enthusiasm is for keeping up the motivation during the journey.