How it all begins...

Well, this is my first journal entry for my own endeavor (part of the “Weight of A Nation” community)…I keep putting it off and then tonight I saw the Kaiser Permanente commercial with the guy trying to be healthy and the slogan “Be Your Own Cause”…and I figure, yup, now it’s time to do that…God knows I’ve talked about it long enough. So anyway, here I am, the first journal entry and I’m about to reveal oh so much about my self that is actually quite depressing (for me anyway) but something I’m about to take control of…with a little help from my friends.

You see, I’m tall, so with that alone, I’ve always been a big girl…yeah, I can hide my weight, but do I want to anymore….NO. I want to feel healthy, want to look cute in fashionable clothes, not freak out any time someone tries to lift me off the ground, and so on. I’d like to be on the lower range of the “average weight” spectrum, and not feel like every time I’m eating out, people think, ‘that girl should really be eating a salad”….Right now, I need to lose about 40 lbs…yikes, huh? Never in my life did I think I’d be here. In fact, I’ve been an athlete my entire life…but I think the problem stems from that. I used to work out nearly 6 hours a day, I guess I should say “train” 6 hours a day…for about 18 years of my life. My metabolism went from being able to burn anything, to a new level of lethargy, never to be achieved before. Now, seems no matter how much cardio I do, I can’t seem to shake it. A doctor told me once that based on how my body developed while I was young, it will take working that hard again to burn it off now. And let’s just be honest….you and I both know 6 hours of anything but sleep ain't happening any time soon. Beyond that, I also have the inclination to build muscle very easily….just as fast as I can gain 5 pounds by so much as looking at a snickers, I gain muscle by looking at weights. Sounds good, you say…not if you don’t lose the fat first…cause no matter how much muscle you have, hiding under the fat still makes it look like you just got bigger…my joke is that I have a six-pack, it’s just hiding in the cooler.

So I’m going to make a change to all this…I’ve decided, this is it. My plan is to use a diet (or meal plan) from www.myfreediet.com and work out, at least 30 minutes, 6 times per week. That’s the plan for now, I’ll keep you updated. I’m going to run, do kickboxing, spin (cycle), elliptical train and swim for cardio, then do light weights, alternating between upper & lower body every other day.

Well, that’s it for the first note…I’m going to leave this entry with my measurements…I’m hoping by owning up to them, I’ll really take ownership of changing them…wish my luck.

Neck: 14.25
Bicep: 12.5
Chest: 39
Waist: 35
Hips: 43
Thigh: 21.75
Body Fat 39.5%
Clothes Size: 14