A late start??

So maybe I should have started this blog when I started my journey to a healthier body and mind on December 31st (even a few days before that but I didn't start logging and weighing until 31st).  But, as usual I jumped right in and got going.  Although I hate to publicly announce my weight, that really just adds to the energy surrounding discrimination that any woman over a size a 10 has felt at least once in their life.  Transparency right? Isn't that the new trend?

So on December 31, 2010 I weighed myself on my old scale and was both saddened and happy it read 239.  Sad because well, it read 239 pounds!!! However, happy because it was less than I was a few years ago.  I believe my beginning weight was 263 or 268.  I'll save that story of transformation for another post (maybe remembering how it went and how I slipped back into old habits will help me this time around to make a permanent change).

Well 239 pounds it is, or was :).  That day I created my log book.  An adaptation from one I used a few years ago but for this one I added a place to track glasses of water, fun activity, meditation, self nurturing act and a space for notes - I feel these are important for me to keep track and help me to maintain some balance.  The log book also has a space for the day (12/31 was day 1), date, morning weigh in.  Yes I weigh in every day (another post as to why I do that as opposed to weekly weigh ins).  That night I bought a digital scale as I felt the old one was not working well and the digital one will also calculate fat and water percentages. 

Day 2 - I weighed in with the new scale and it read 235.2 WOWEE then realizing it was a different scale I decided to step on the old one too.  It read 238 or thereabouts you know those old dial ones hard to tell looking down (eyes are weaker you know - I AM 42!!and I have to bend forward to look over the belly too which makes the darn needle move lol) but anyways - I lost a pound!  I was especially happy because usually a digital scale (like at a doctor's office) is brutally honest.  So that means I was really starting at about 236-237 better than I thought (am I delusional?).

About this time I started to get sick too.  Not sure if it was the boxing workout the week before on the 30th, sitting in the sauna ahhhh, or going outside with wet hair all on that same day.  But in any case, I've been sick ever since.  In the past, when I started an exercise regimen I got a little sick and thought I could sweat my way through it.  Wrong-O I was put out of commission bigtime.  So I decided to take it slow with the exercise and I continue to do so until I'm feeling better.  I think the sickness peaked last night and I'm beginning to recover now.

Okay so quickly:
Day 1 - 236.2 (I'll go with that)
Day 2 - 235.2
Day 3 - 234.4
Day 4 - 234
Day 5 - 233.4
Day 6 - 233.6 (this is where my logbook comes in handy I could see why I went up a little and history told me I would have a good drop within two days - also there is another funny instance from this morning that I'll blog on another time)
Day 7 - 233.2
Day 8 - 232
Day 9 - 231.8
Day 10 - didn't weigh myself today as I feel really crappy and haven't been able to exercise for a few days ugh.

Hmm looking at this I didn't do as good as I thought.  Is my sickness making me delerious I thought I was down almost 6 but turns out more like let's see... 4.4.  Okay good enough for me considering I've been sick and hardly able to workout without feeling worse.  And yes I know, the first week is likely mostly water weight and such a drastic change can create a big drop the first couple of weeks.  But either way, a loss is a loss is a loss and I'll take it!

I remember a back in 2007/2008 when I went below the 200 pound mark, I was so excited and vowed to never get above that again.  Well here we are and I'll be just as excited to get below 230 next week :).

My goal this month is to lose 12 pounds and get back into a regular workout routine (cold you can go anytime now).

My overall goal is to lose 70 pounds or more this year and to ultimately this year or after end up at a size 8 and at however many pounds that will be (hard to tell as I'll be working on strength training as well as cardio). In 2008 I was about 180 pounds and beween a size 14 and 12.  I can't wait to hit that milestone too.

I'm tracking my calories also and averaging about 1,200 daily, this feels doable to me and I'm being flexible. If I go over slightly because I'm really craving a snack and feel that emotionally it will be better if I do rather than say no to myself, then I will.  Moderation is key for me, as I tend to go overboard and put 110% into what I set out to do, often having other areas of my life suffer.

Water is hit or miss, some days I'm doing great with 8-10 glasses and other days I find I'm hardly finishing 20 oz.  yikes.  We are so dehydrated as a society.  Water water water.  And I love it actually, I just get busy and don't think to hydrate.  My log book helps me track it.

I will try to write as often as I can. I hope I can inspire others to make some changes too.  I'm not a professional blogger, so I won't be adding alot of fancy things, but maybe can add a picture or two, and some links to articles that I find interesting or inspiring.  Okay, I'll add a before picture (taken last year sometime)

ughhh I hate this picture :(

If you are on this same journey and blogging about it.  I'd love to follow yours too.  Your success is just as exciting for me as my succcess.