Hey! Where's My Feet?

It’s no wonder there are so many fat asses in America – losing weight is HARD! The weekend was rough, but I made it… and I think I may still have an ounce of sanity left too! Between all the weekend activities, the kids being terrors and Roy being laid up feeling ill on top of the broken back I’m surprised we all came out alive – Sunday was sketchy at best. As you can see in the post below, week 1 results were fairly decent with a 10 pound loss, but it didn’t come easy! I’ve been working on an exercise plan and even that hasn’t been easy… I want to start going to Fit Zone or Jazzercise but with Roy out of commission it makes it hard with little ones. Although, I did see that Jazzercise had a sign for available childcare so maybe that would be feasible – I’ll have to give them a call. Otherwise it’ll be good old fashion walking – wait, walking really isn’t old fashion now is it, it’s pretty hip and current, everyone’s doing it! Then there’s the little things… They’ve always said it’s

I hate the weekends!  Well, except for when I'm dieting... it sure makes it hard to stay focused when you're busy busy but then again at least I wasn't sitting on my tush all day and was at least working some of it off - right? OK here it is folks, my first Monday weigh in!  And considering all the fun food I had this weekend I'd say I did fairly well... but the first week is always a good one, this will be the challenge week - watch for lots of blogs this week, I'll be channeling my hunger & frustration into the blog instead of by putting food in my mouth. :o) Beginning weight - 303 Today's weight - 293 To date loss = 10 pounds!  Pay no attention to the gnarly looking feet.... those will get pampered later.

Today I indulged. It’s the last day for a fellow employee - she’s moving on to a new chapter in her life and we had cake to wish her well. No I didn’t fall off the wagon, no I didn’t fail on only day 3 – I indulged and I liked it! I’m not usually a cake person but having been deprived of the sweets for 3 days I figured this would be a good way to feed the craving and end the torture – not to mention taming the beast that was brewing inside me from said deprivation. So there. I had my cake & ate it too! Not to worry nay-sayers… I took the smallest piece on the table!

Up & down, up & down just like a yo-yo best describes not only my life long battle with my weight but with probably 95% of Americans. Seriously, I’ve weighed more, I’ve weighed less & I’ve done every diet known to man from a very young age. I remember doing the crazy cabbage soup diet way back in middle school(or maybe it was elementary), although I don’t remember actually eating the soup – but I do remember having to eat something like 10 bananas in one day! I attended my first Weight Watchers meeting when I was in the 9th grade, grapefruit pills in the 11th, Atkins, kombucha tea diet, I even tried making myself throw up – yeah that one wasn’t happening. So why can’t I lose weight? Well I’m an emotional/stress eater… at least I have been over the past 20ish years. As for why I gained so much when I was just a weee child, well I’ll probably have to see a shrink to figure that one out and I just don’t have time for that. Besides, at this point I could care less why I weig

First full day down, 711 to go!  That' how long I'm figuring it will take to lose what I need to lose.... So about yesterday.... I hate diets, I really do.  Why is it that every time you can't have something, is when you want it the most!  I swear I could smell every one of my favorites yesterday right down to the Thanksgiving feast!  Every time I turned around I had an urge to snack... carrots were gone in no time flat!  All in all though I think it went fairly well... even bought a fancy new digital scale that weighs up to 440 pounds!  Not that I'll ever need one that goes that high, just sayin' is all.  I know it won't be a full week but I think I'm going to make Monday's my weigh in day... the thinking there is maybe I'll keep my weekend food excursions in check knowing I'll be weighing in on Monday... thankfully summer is about over and the cookouts will slow down. Today's goal... devise an exercise plan.

That's right... I'm blogging.  This is my latest attempt to lose weight and hold myself accountable - no holds barred... Throughout my blog I'll be going over things like, why I'm fat, reasons I want to lose weight, my plans to lose weight and the crazy adventures that go with it all.  Want to ride along with me? Grab a drink & get comfy cause here we go... Phew, a little nervous here... I'm about to lay it all out on the line, about to do something NO woman does or at the very least likes to do.  I'm giving you my stats... I don't want to, but I have to.  I mean really, how will you know that I'm improving and on track if we don't have a starting point to measure from right?  It's not the heaviest I've ever been (yeah I know) but it's enough to make you say, ddddaaaammmmnn! Day one STATS... Starting Weight: 303 pounds (it's mostly boob) Goal Weight: 175 pounds Weight to Lose: 128 pounds (Holy crap!) Goal Rate of Loss: