Short and Sweet

Just a quick update... 2 days in a row!!!

Workin' on 3 as I type. Eventually I won't post about making it through a day, but boy does it feel good to say I have made it 2 days with no cheats!

And The Road Rose Up To Meet Me...

At the risk of jinxing a milestone in progress, I am happy to report that I have made it through one and a half days with no cheats. No excuses like, "it's just one bite," or, "it's just one day"... So far...

If you chose to read through my archives on this subject you would see this type of entry typically precedes a post on the topic of how I've failed, let myself down, and ruined everything forever...

So.. hopefully... not again?

The Challenge is on with Bryan's family... I weighed in, at night, with shoes on at 235, last year I weighed more than Bryan's dad who is taller, older (duh) and more male than I... I was very sad... This year I am proud to report I weigh less than Bryan's dad... 3 lbs less to be exact...

The Fitness Challenge at work starts Monday January 16th 2012

My own New Year's Resolution/Kick Start Diet is the one I finally stuck to since yesterday morning, and I'm down a total of 5 lbs since the start of the year, so not too shabby... but I've got to keep it up. I would have been down even more if it weren't for Doritos and excuses.

I really wonder if hypnosis works for food issues. If anyone reading this has tried it, please comment with your thoughts. I know a lot of this is mind over matter, but I give in to matter a lot and need any tools I can get to get my mind right.

Next week I will begin my gym schedule. I'm committing to going after work on Mondays and Wednesdays to start out. I will add more as I advance, if necessary. I'll be doing mainly cardio (elliptical, treadmill, stationary bike) to begin, but will add weight training after my body gets used to things.

I'm hoping to have my budget in order by summer so I can sign up with a personal trainer at my gym. I know other gyms have free trainers, but I've had a Lifetime Membership at Fitness USA paid off since I was 20 and feel like it's worth it to use the gym for free and pay for the trainer when I'm ready.

Anyway, I'm well on my way to two whole days of sticking to my guns. Screw you Doritos!

COME on!!!

So Doritos are really tempting... Well, not really...

Yesterday, on my way home from work, I wanted to stop at the grocery store and get a bag of Doritos...
Then I did...
Then I ate them...
Then I dug the chocolate truffles that Bryan got me for Christmas out of the freezer and ate two of them...
All of this instead of dinner because I felt so guilty afterward (read, sick to my stomach) that I didn't want to add to the calorie total for the day...

What a dumb move...

Anyway...

Now we are doing a biggest loser competition at work. I didn't think I'd have enough interest, but it turns out a lot of people at work want the motivation to drop their holiday weight (and then some) after all... So, maybe once the one with Bryan's family starts, and the one at work starts I will have enough motivation to make a difference... Maybe.

I just need to never find myself alone at home with nothing to do... that's when I get to crunchin' on chips and eating spoonfulls of peanut butter...

Yeah, I know what you're thinking, "Why don't you go to the gym when you're bored?"...
Well, to that I say... nothing, I got nothing.

I just hope the desire to win money and bragging rights from nearly every social outlet I encounter will inspire me to avoid the couch and get sweaty.

Though... I really hate sweating... :P

New Year, New You!

Hiya folks!

Today is day 2 of the Kick-Start Diet Transformation Extravaganza! That's a mouthful. I will refer to it as KS from now on.

This part of my attack plan includes breaking my addiction to fast food, junk food and sugar.
I am abstaining from added sugar, bad carbs, added oils/fats, and artificial mumbo jumbo for the next 40-ish days in order to clean out the garbage and reset my system.
This is going well as it is only KS day 2.
This will not always be the case.
I am going to struggle, but I will be strong and I will overcome dangit!!!

The tough part, for me, is arguing with myself. It always has been. This blog is intended as a way to lay out the argument, laugh at how silly it is, and get on with reality.

The Challenge (between me, Bryan, his dad, and maybe his sis and some of his friends) will start next week sometime. That will add a level of commitment to this initiative by throwing a monetary prize into the arena. We all put in $60 or so and the person with the highest percentage of weight lost in 12 weeks gets the money and bragging rights. If only there were more chubby people at work, I could start one here too, but... there are not. I'm the jiggliest person in the office... and I hate it...

I'm keeping a journal of my food intake, drinking plenty of water and tea, taking a multivitamin, biotin, echinacea, and vitamin C daily and a girl at work and I are going to walk the empty third floor of our building every weekday at lunch.

So, I've got a weight loss buddy at work, my boyfriend Bryan doing The Challenge as an ally, my mom and sister doing the same kick-start, and a ton of friends supporting me through it all.

I really feel like this will be the year I get it done. On track, at goal, and in maintenance by 2013!!!

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On a non-nutrition note, I read all three books in the Hunger Games series over the holiday weeks and they are fantastic... I can not wait for the films, though I will need to do my best to forget details and let myself enjoy the director's interpretation of the story.