Last Friday

I forgot to post about last Friday. I weighed in at 195 which means I lost another 4 lbs... stay tuned for today's weigh-in results...

Biggest Loser Weigh-in!

Today we had our first weigh in since the start of this biggest loser program and I lost 5 lbs!!! I am 199 now. That makes me want to keep this going. It gives me motivation. I'm so excited! Later I found out that some other people (who weighed in a few days before I did) lost 10 lbs. of course there are always people out there who can one up you but I'm still happy about my success. Now for some more truth...

Yesterday I had teacher training through my school corporation and it was the last time we were meeting together so they took us out to lunch. We went to Olive Garden. I was so hungry when I went . Word of advice... do not go when you are trying to watch your calories AND you are super hungry. I did... O... K... I got the salad, soup, and breadsticks. I did however end up using the rest of my 1200 calories for the day when I added my breakfast to the total but did not go over! Hopefully over the weekend I can stay on track.

Cycling

Today I went to the Y and did 21 kilometers on the bike. It says I only burned 254 Calories.. I don't believe that. It had to be so much more. Even if it wasn't I feel accomplished. I went for almost 64 minutes. hooray! 

Day 2 Picture

Well here it is folks! My first picture. I'm hoping and praying there will be a transformation that makes this picture something to actually look back on. This is Day 2 of 'The Journey" all 204 lbs of me! UGH. Lord... give me strength to put this body back the way you designed it.

And It Begins...

I have decided to start a blog about my journey. I'm not exactly sure where this journey will end up but I would like to record the process, my thoughts, feelings, frustrations, desires along the way. I plan to be transparent during this process because I think it will help keep me accountable along the way. I tend to start things but never finish them. That isn't how I use to be but that is what I have become especially when it comes to my person health. Beware, you are going to read real, raw emotions, thoughts, and facts. Consider yourself warned.

I am a kindergarten teacher and my school decided to do their variation of the biggest loser. I decided to sign up. We weighed in on Friday, January 17, 2014 and will continue to weigh in every Friday for the duration of the program. I weighed in at a whopping 204 lbs. I am extremely embarrassed of this weight. I NEVER thought I would be over 200 lbs or anywhere close to it. However, here I am.

When I look back at how I got to this place I realize it started in college. I lived in the dorms and payed for my own room and board. We had meal plans and I felt like when I left extra money on each meal it was like they were taking my money, so I always spent it and not always on the healthiest options. Then when all that food was sitting there I typically ate it. I didn't notice it but added on my freshman 15 and some. I started to really notice my weight when I went wedding dress shopping in 2008. I was about 40 lbs heavier than I was my senior year in high school. HOLY COW! How does that happen in only 3 years? Laziness and not paying attention to your body is how that happened. I think another part of it is I am an emotional eater. I eat when I'm sad, I eat when I'm bored, I even eat when I'm happy which is why I think this weight happened leading up to my wedding. My weight stayed the same for about a year and then during the pregnancy of my son Logan I gained between 35-40 lbs more. He was a 10 lbs baby when he was born May 2010 so about a fourth of that was gone instantly and then I lost about another 20 lbs in the weeks to follow. After breastfeeding finished that weight started to creep back on. Then I got pregnant with my daughter. I didn't gain as much weight with her but the same thing happened after the delivery. Now in 2014 here I am at 204 lbs.

Yesterday I started using myfitnesspal.com to track all of my exercise and my food intake. The website is giving me 1300 calories a day. I went to a beginners strength training class yesterday and boy am are my legs sore today. I have decided to try to workout as many times as possible throughout the week. That seems to work better for me than an every other day type of things because I never want to go back once I stay home. I'm not a workout-loving person, in fact... I hate it! I hate to run, I hate lifting weights I pretty much hate it all, but living the lifestyle I have up to this point clearly isn't working for me.

Starting picture coming soon....