Today marks the beginning of my weight loss journey. Currently I stand @ 5 feet 4 inches tall and weigh 173 pounds. Feels weird typing it here and letting whom ever reads this know my true weight. Come to think of it, I kinda feel violated- as if I were standing naked in front of a crowd of people who know nothing about me except how heavy I am. Now, don't get me wrong, I am not a fat, insecure individual. However, I am in much need of a personal self-esteem booster. Recently I moved over 1,300 miles from my home town, with my 2 year old and husband. This move means a brand new job, life, new friends, and a new me! I figure if I could be bold enough to leave the familiar behind to try and make it on my own in unfamiliar territory, then I could also decide to go back to my pre "20-something" weight of 130-140 pounds. Maybe in the process I will actually learn something about the power of determination, and thus leave my "quarter-century weight crisis" behind and enter my 26+ years with a "sexy" bang!
How will I accomplish a goal of such monumental proportions? Well, first off I will tell you my main goal:
MINUS 40 POUNDS IN 163 day
(July 22, 2010-December 25, 2010)
Easier said than done. Here is the hard part or the things I have to do in order to reach this far fetched goal.
1. Exercise whether I like it or not for an hour a day, four times a week. This constitutes things such as running and speed walking around my LONG residential complex, which has a 2 mile trail, elliptical machine madness, or anything that requires me to sweat and work my way to my size 5-6 pant size dream.
2. Eat 3 square meals a day and 2 snacks. I will figure out what this means as I go on.
3. Allow myself 1 cheat day where I have something I want, and this doesn't only mean food options.
4. Write about the great and horrible days on this blog as often as possible. By writing I hope to to constantly remind myself of my Christmas day goal,which is also my own Christmas Day Present.
Perhaps I can encourage someone else to lose some weight along the way. So let the journey begin tomorrow, July 22, 2010. For now I will enjoy my last taste of junk- a vanilla Frostee from Wendy's. Salud!!!!! and let the journey begin :-)
Hola- I'm certain that you will accomplish whatever goals you set your heart and mind to. Will be following your journey as I have since having the honor of getting to know you through the Fellows program. I am extremely proud of you and wish you all the best in every aspect of your new life in TX. Hope to be able to encourage you in the weeks ahead. Raisa
ReplyDeleteThanks Raisa! My first comment. How exciting!!! lOL. With self-motivation I will accomplish my goal (si dios quiere)
ReplyDeleteHey friend I miss you and would love to join you on this journey. I know first hand the trials and tribulations perhaps we can keep each other on check.
ReplyDeleteHey Leidy!!!! I love this blog lol. I lost 45 lbs too, but Ive been stuck. I started dieting this week and going to the gym like crazy. Hopefully I can join u and losing weight for Xmas (I'm going to DR and u know how that is). I wanna lose another 50.
ReplyDeleteI know u can accomplish ur goal!!!
Thanks ladies. @Amy, I can't wait to see you for Xmas. I am going to try really hard to go to NY for a few days. Maybe we can go to a lounge or something to celebrate our accomplishments. @Rosanny, I too lost about 30 and have been stuck between 173-166 pounds for the past 3 months. This time I am determined and for some reason this blog makes me push myself even harder!!! Maybe we can all meet up and celebrate girls???? This will be a "Weight loss coming out celebration". That will certainly keep me motivated since there are hardly any lounges or friends to celebrate with here in Texas! Let's keep each other motivated :)
ReplyDeleteI'm down!! We have to keep eachother motivated...We should def have a celebration maybe in Dec if you come back for the holidays =)
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