Day 7

Breakfast: Raisin Bran, 2% Milk (because I still haven't gotten to the store to get skim), and an orange. 

So. Went to the gym last night AND this morning, and my legs are killin' me! I love that feeling. When we would work out for softball and colorguard, I always loved the sore muscle feeling...idk why. probably because it made me feel like i did something with my body haha. 


I had a vegetable reuben for lunch, with garlic mashies, carrots, a little bit of rice, and a banana. to drink, i had water and milk. 


For dinner, I had a pbj, salt & vinegar chips, a nutrigrain bar, and water. and I ate like, 5 Combo cracker things just now. 


I think i'm doing well easing myself into a better diet. It's definitely hard, especially when i'm craving a buffalo chicken sub with ranch dressing...mmm. anyways, I'm signing up for my school's Biggest loser competition. I don't plan to win, i just think it'll be a good way to keep track of how i'm doing. We'll see. 


Oh, my friend Martin told me that he could tell I was losing weight today! <3 SUCH A GREAT FEELING! 

Day 1

My my my. The first day. What a good feeling! I woke up AT 6, got dressed, and was on the elliptical by 6:15. Can I just tell you how difficult the first 10 minutes was? Sheesh. You would have thought I was climbing a friggin' mountain. I was feeling like I wanted to quit, but then all of a sudden...my muscles stopped hurting. It was like a diesel engine getting warmed up and ready to go. It was such a great feeling! I didn't want to push myself too hard since it was the first day, and I didn't want to weigh myself, again, because it's the first day, but I'm going to measure myself...since it's the first day. haha. talk about redundant.

belly 41

waist 34

bust 41

butt 42

Woah. Anywho. My breakfast is going to be oatmeal. And I'm hoping my lunch will be something like a turkey sandwich. I'll let you know.


Welp, my lunch was a turkey sandwich with lettuce, pickles, cheese, and mayo on wheat bread. I also had some alfredo pasta and watered down iced tea. I also had an orange.
As like, a snack, I had a ham egg and cheese sandwich about 2 hours later.
For dinner, I had a sliver of roast beef with carrots, green beans and half a bagel with cream cheese and jelly. To drink, I had milk and water. I also had a banana that made my tummy upset. :( OH! I forgot. My friend Amanda made me snicker doodles in exchange for a textbook. I'm going to check the health of snicker doodles right now. MY EYE HAS BEEN TWITCHING ALL DAY. Is that bad?


I think my first day went well. We'll see how my legs feel tomorrow. :)

Reasons Why.

I have decided that I in order to keep track of my weight loss/health gain, I'm going to keep a blog. I have tried many times to keep a blog, but I never had anything to write about. Now I have something to write about: my journey to being healthy. 


The reasons I'm doing this are not to be "skinny" or "thin". When I was in high school, I was very strong and very athletic. I participated in sports and marching band (yeah, I'm one of those), so I was active all year. Since attending college, and being a music major, I have no time to be active in a sport or a club sport. Thus, I have gained a whopping 30 lbs. I know. Crazy. Well, I have just accepted the fact that I am beautiful in any body, but I want to have my strong healthy body back. 


Later edit: I want to be the best "me" I can be! Thanks Mrs. Bemis for putting that into words. :)


Since gaining this weight and really just letting my health slip, I have been experiencing back problems (probably due to my boobs getting to be the size of canteloupes) and I've just been lethargic about a lot of things. I've decided that I'm going to get back my old body, or even better than my old body ;), and stay healthy. I want to do this for myself, and only myself. I would also like to know that I can lose this weight and be determined and driven about something. 


A lot of my inspiration has come from this girl, Natasha, who has a tumblr about her weight loss progress. You can see her blog here. She is SUCH an inspiration to me, and I can only hope to be half as successful as she has been in her health gaining efforts. It also doesn't hurt that she loves Christina Aguilera as much as I do. :)


Anyway, if you care to follow my progress, I will start measuring and weighing myself tomorrow, and I'll update those weekly. I'm also going to post what I eat every day, not only so I can keep track, but so you, if you want to, can follow the same diet as me!