Good morning start of Day 2

Day one was a great day!!! I did pretty good with my eating. I had a little sip of 7up but it really was just a sip and it was not diet coke. :-) I was most proud of myself for exercising. I was checking out Kristina's half to whole blog and I like the idea of blogging about each day. I think it will be a really good thing to look back on as we continue this competition. Anyway, so far today I did get up at 5:00 I did an old Richard Simons Video. It felt really good. I haven't had breakfast yet, but today I am having oatmeal and an orange. YUMMY!!! ok not really but I gotta do what I gotta do. :-) Kristina sent me this really cool water bottle for my birthday and it is really fun to drink out of. It is pink...I love pink. I'm ready for another great day of stickin to it. Oh yesterday I had to stay home from a bridal shower last night. I didn't feel like I could trust myself to be strong and not eat the dinner and yummy treats they would have there. Today's challenge is going to be way late tonight when I'm staying up for the new year. We are going down to Devin's house and having dinner and games etc. I'm going to make sure I take my water bottle and only have one bowl of soup. I can't wait to report how I did tomorrow. I know I can do this. I have a strong mind and I can control myself.

5:00 Club Gold Member

This morning I did it. I got up at 5:00 and I did my work out. I am beyond proud of myself. I have been trying to figure out when in the world I was going to fit exercise into my life. I decided that I can get up a little earlier and not have any interruptions and just get it over with. I really felt good doing my stretches and everything. I did the functional flexibility work out today. I just wanted to start out really easy on myself. I was also thinking it is cool to do my work out in the morning cause if later in the day I want to do more I can and that will just be an extra bonus. I ate my Turkey and Ezekiel toast for breakfast with my EVOO. Then a little while ago I drank a V8. I have already drunk 42 oz. of water today. I'm feeling really good. I like that I have my brain around a plan and I'm not just trying to wing it. I read Kristina's blog this morning and I think she is right that fat doesn't have feeling. I was thinking too that if fat doesn't have feeling...it doesn't have feelings, so it can't attach itself to me, and I should not feel like I need to attach myself emotionally to it either. Fat isn't going to miss me and I am for sure not going to miss Fat.

Happy Birthday to Me

It's my birthday and today I am 29 years old. I went to the store this morning and I bought myself some work out clothes. Funny huh, I feel like I need special clothes to work out in. I got some black pants and a grey T-Shirt. I tried them on and they are comfortable. Shawn took my picture and it wasn't very cute. I feel kindof crapy like "duh me its about stinkin time you do something about this." Anyway, at least I have a before picture now. I have to start somewhere... its just hard seeing yourself bigger on film than what I feel in my head. I'm going to have cake for my birthday, but after that I'm ready to hit it hard.

Let it Snow Let it Snow Let is Snow

I am so sore today. At my work if it snows really bad I have to help remove the snow from the sidewalks and stairwells, so this morning I shoveled heavy snow for about three and a half hours. Talk about nice, get paid to burn calories. :-) This morning I turned on my TV to check the weather, and I was flipping through and an infomercial came on for the Turbo Jam work out program. I ordered it... I have watched it a few times, and every time I've watched I've started moving with the music, so I decided that if the infomercial can get me moving then I will probably actually do the work out. Anyway, it had free rush delivery, so I will have it in 5 to 7 days and I am so excited. I also got a fun new game for Christmas called Dance Dance Revolution. It is a game for the play station 2 where you have to step on the arrows as they come up. I only played for a little while, but it is a fun way to get your heart rate up.

Merry Christmas! I did it!

Last night was so much fun. I did it, I didn't drink any soda at the party. I even had extra salad just to stay away from some of the other foods so my plate still felt full. I am proud of myself for this little accomplishment. Today is Christmas and I have already had candy for breakfast, but it is ok. I will do better the rest of the day.

Christmas Eve

So tonight we are having a party at Shawn's Mom and Dad's house where there will be lots of yummy little treats. I am planning on enjoying myself, but I wanted to blog in and commit to not going crazy. I have been drinking a ton of Soda lately. Diet Coke has been my vise. Tonight my goal is to just not have any soda at all. I know I can do that. Plus I'm thinking I will take like a veggie tray to munch on instead of the chips and chocolate. I can totally do this.

Starting Out

If you are here you know I am participating in a huge competition between now and April 6th. I have had serious struggles with my weight and I am sick and tired of it. I feel like if I can figure this out I will be on the road to a healthier life.

When I was little I had the job in my family to be the big smiler, and I have decided that I will always be the big smiler, but I want a smaller body.

My goal is to keep a daily record of what I ate and what I did for exercise. I may have to force myself to not blog until I have done my exercise because that I think is going to be the hardest part for me.

I'm not planning on making this blog anything supper fancy and I'm not looking to have any of my words affect anyone but me. I may put things on here that are just encouraging to me. If people come here and want to read and see how I am doing, that is fine, but I will probably get into a lot of things that no one else wants to hear about.

I want to use this blog to talk to myself a lot so I can figure out where the root of my weight issues stem from.

I was on the official biggest loser site and I found the application to apply to be on the show. I am thinking one of the first things I will do is act like I am applying for that show and answer the questions on my blog to get into my head.

I was working with a nutritionist a few months ago and I had a lot of success with that, so I am planning on implementing that into my goals.

I want to figure out exactly what I need to do exercise wise. I have decided that for one thing I will be just practicing. I want to participate in the Susan G. Koman race for a cure race that will take place in Salt Lake on May 9th, so I need to get ready for that.

I have a lot in my mind that I want to say and you will see if you read for long I ramble on about things, but I think that is all part of my process, so if you don't like it...don't read it. :-) Seriously though, I will probably not make much sense to anyone but me. ;-)