The Beginning of My Journey!

This is my first post since getting back on track with my weight loss journey. I have started the Beachbody program Turbofire and gotten back on Weight Watchers. It is great so far! My great friend, Kelley (an outstanding Beachbody Coach!), has created a modified workout plan for me that includes both Turbofire and P90x. Today is my first day doing it! I wanted to get back into blogging after Kelley had suggested it. I also think it's a great way to vent my frustrations and get excited over my successes. I know this will take more than a month but I am seriously dedicated to my health this time.

I have about a year to lose 60-65 lbs before my undergraduate graduation and my wedding in May 2013. I want to look back at my wedding photos and be proud of my success and how healthy I became. I do not want to dread sharing my wedding photos. I don't want my wedding photos to be shoved deep in the closet because I am ashamed of myself. I want my fiance to be overly proud and amazed by the woman that will be standing next to him on that day, ME! I want to be healthy and fit so when we want to start a family, I will not be a high-risk pregnancy and miserable for 9 months.

The biggest thing is proving to myself and my family that I am more than just an overweight girl who is a health risk. I have always been heavy and I have never felt proud of my body except for one time in my life when I finally lost weight and I was 150 lbs. I still needed to tone up but I felt great! I want to feel that again. I don't want to be embarrassed to be naked around my fiance. I don't want to feel ashamed of my body and what I've let myself become.

So, this blog will be a personal account of my struggles and success. I hope by doing this blog, I can help someone else who may be lacking the motivation or the vision to get started. If I can get through these workouts with my asthma, extra weight and even with taking breaks throughout the workouts, you can too.

Since I have gotten back on Weight Watchers and started Turbofire, I have lost about 8 lbs. I took my measurements today as well (second time since I started back up) so I can keep better track of my true progress and not just what the scale says!

I did my measurements on April 17, 2012 first:
Neck: 15 inches
Bicep: 14 inches
Forearm: 10 inches
Chest: 45 inches
Waist: 37 inches
Hips: 46.5 inches
Thigh: 25 inches
Calf: 17 inches

Today's measurements on April 25, 2012:
Neck: 15 inches
Bicep: 14 inches
Forearm: 9.5 inches (-0.5 inches)
Chest: 44 inches (-1.0 inches)
Waist: 36 inches (-1.0 inches)
Hips: 45 inches (-1.5 inches)
Thigh: 25 inches
Calf: 16 inches (-1.0 inches)
Total Inches Lost: 5 inches


Measurements are SO IMPORTANT. The scale may not always show the true progress you've made. With the difference of these 5 inches, I've only lost ONE POUND from April 17 to April 25. 


For my workouts today, I completed:

• P90x Chest & Back
• Ab Ripper X
• HIIT 20

It took me a while but I finished them!!!!!!!

I also want to track my food on here as well. I use a FitBit which is GREAT and I can enter everything in on the FitBit website.

Today's Food Log:
Breakfast:

• Oatmeal (1/2 cup)- 4 points; 150 calories
• Flax Seed (3 tbsp.)- 4 points; 160 calories
• Almond Butter (2 tbsp.)- 5 points; 195 calories
• 1 banana- 0 points; 110 calories
• Total Points; Calories- 13 points; 615 calories

AM Snack:

• Silk Soymilk, Chocolate (8 fl.oz)- 4 points; 140 calories
• Total Points; Calories- 4 points; 140 calories

Lunch:

• Fage Greek Yogurt 0% (1 cup)- 3 points; 130 calories
• Blueberries (3/4 cup)- 0 points; 53 calories
• Total Points; Calories- 3 points; 183 calories

PM Snack:

• 1 medium apple

Dinner:

• It was a friend's birthday tonight and she is celebrating at Olive Garden. This will be EXTREMELY difficult for me to avoid the bread sticks, appetizers, etc. I've already decided on what I am having for dinner to avoid being tempted even more!
• Venetian Apricot Chicken (1 dinner serving)- 9 points; 400 calories
• Side salad with no dressing- 0 points
• Water with lemon and MIO- 0 points
• Total Points/Calories- 9 points; 400 calories +- salad cals

So, thank you for reading my blog! And if you are looking for some extra motivation, check out the group OperationSLIM on Facebook (owned by my friend Kelley). This group helps me more than I can describe. These girls are like a second family and they are all on the same journey as me, trying to get healthy!