First Blog

As most people, I had a new years resolution, the one that most people have, loose weight. My starting weight was 188.5lbs. I felt like a huge cow and was horrified when i saw pictures of myself at Christmas. I couldn't believe how big I looked. You see I am the opposite of most people. Most people look in the mirror and see a bigger version of themselves. Well I have always been skinny so I see myself skinnier. The only reason I knew I was fat was that I couldn't fit into any pants I found at the mall. I used the excuse well I just had a baby, but honestly my baby was nine months old, and when I got pregnant I was already 25 pounds overweight. I didn't feel like me anymore. I used to be the skinny in shape girl who wore short shorts. Now I won't even wear shorts, with fear that someone might see my stretch marks on my fat thighs.

I started to workout a few days before New Years. My husband had bought me a treadmill, and a medicine ball, I had a exercise ball and a slew of workout videos. I was excited I was going to be skinny again. I always wanted to be that girl you see jogging down the street with such ease. However what I was, was not that. I could barely jog for 30 seconds. This from the girl who was in track in high school. I worked out a lot for the first few weeks, then I got sick and took a few weeks off, then gun ho again, worked out at least three times a week all of February. I also acquired an exercise bike and was doing well. One night while watching the biggest looser, I biked 20km. I was so proud of myself. It was a night I had to push myself hard to get my lazy ass out of bed to get on the bike. I told myself just do 5 K, well I did the 5 k and was not tired yet, so I did 10k, and just kept going saying ok let's see if i can do 15k (10k was the best I had done at that point), well I did the 15K and still kept going, finally stopping at 20K. After that night I took a long break. I think I biked twice, never passing 5 k. Then I finally got a wii fit. I was inlove with it. It was so much fun. I tried out the yoga and weight training, but was obsesed with the balance games. That lasted about a month also.
Now we are almost 4 months down and I have lost 11.5lbs. Not great but a start. I have to realise I am not on The biggest looser so I can't loose 10 to 15 pounds in one week.