An introduction to me

NO!  This is not a new years resolution as I don't believe that those work.  They are empty promises you make to yourself after two or more weeks of overindulging to try to justify the binging.  The fact that my life change is happening in January is coincidence.  The last time I made a life change, at least a partial one, was at the beginning of the year.  Let me tell you how I got where I am now.

Almost exactly 10 years ago, my mother and I started Weight Watchers while I was in my last year of High School.  I went from 185lbs down to 157lbs and felt amazing about myself.  I did start working out when I was in University, but quickly gave it up as the stress from exams, test and papers swelled up.  During that time, I had a boyfriend who enjoyed going for beer and wings on a weekly basis and I was more than obliging to help him finish off a tripple platter of wings and knock back a few cold ones.  Slowly but surely, my one cheat day a week turned into two, then three, and the booze piled up too.  When you are in your late teens and early twenties, it seems that all events revolve around booze.  Going to the bar, a lounge, out for dinner, over to a friends place, EVERYTHING!  No one ever thinks about the calories there, because they always go down so easily.

The long and the short of it is I let this happen to me.  I did recently find out that I have a thyroid imbalance which might be the reason I've gained so much in the last little while, but I'm not about to blame the entire weight gain on that.  It was me with every french fry, every second helping and every bad food and lifestyle choice that put me now past my weight of 10 years ago at 214lbs.

A lot of people would say I don't appear to weight that much.  Not many people believe me that I am over 200lbs when I tell them that but it is true.  I seem to carry it in places that are somewhat easy to conceal.  The fact remains that even if I can conceal it and make people think I weigh less than I do, my heart will know the truth.  I mean literally, this could be killing me as I am getting into my very late 20's and creeping up on the scary THREE-OH!  So, what's the plan you ask?  Here's what I'm going to do and this is where I'm going to be accountable for what I will be doing.

1. Slim in 6 by BeachBody...6 days a week for 6 weeks!
2. Charting my food intake using the app on my phone. 
3. Partake in the "Biggest Loser" challenge at work and never have to pay! (i.e. never gain weight during the  6 week period)
4. Post on this blog at least twice a week to keep myself accountable, even if only one person reads this.
5. Get down into a size 8, currently size 14/16.  I never did make it down to size 8 last time I lost weight.  10 was the lowest and only for a few weeks.

I want to be fit, not skinny.  I want to be a better version of me.  I have a bottom heavy build, so I know a size 0 is not in the cards for me.  But I can be lean and muscular, not this sloppy woman I am now.  If anyone wants to join in with me, I'd be happy to have you along for the ride!