Shedding It

Okay. Here’s the deal. For a few years now I’ve been slightly (or more) overweight. And for a few years, I’ve been telling myself that I was going to do Weight Watchers, work out consistently, and lose at least 30 lbs. And over the few years, I have instead managed to gain even more weight.

This time it’s different. It’s time for me to do what I need to do. Suprisingly, this time I actually feel motivated too! So, I’ve decided to blog about my journey to losing at least 30 lbs (maybe 40) and how I’m going to do it!

I acutally started with Weight Watchers 2 weeks ago. My starting weight was 184 lbs. Just to give everyone some perspecitve, I am a 26 year old female and 5’6”. So, 184 is not what I wanted to see when I weighed in the first time, but I wasn’t that shocked. Now, I’m not going to Weight Watchers meetings or anything, but rather following their on-line program. Last Monday I weighed in at 181 lbs. So I was 3 lbs down already! Today is my weigh-in day, but I haven’t weighed myself yet. I plan on doing that when I get home from work, and before my run. I’ll blog later tonight or tomorrow about how that goes.

 So far I’m finding it really easy to stick to the program during the week. It’s the weekends that the problem. Especially if I go out to the bar with friends. Alcohol is SO many points!! Totally not fair! :) I’m really trying to use all the tools provided on the WW website so that I don’t get bored with eating my normal “healthy” staples. I found a recipie for mini banana chocolate chip muffins that sounds amazing. I think I’m going to try it out this week. The muffins are only one point each, and the recipie makes 36. I figure I’ll have a quick breakfast or snack on hand for awhile from just one batch! As I try different recipies, I’ll post them and let you know how they turn out.

Last week (week 2) I started adding in a bit of exercise. I’ve decided that, in order to keep myself motivated to actually work out, I would give myself something to work towards. So, I am running, and training for my first 5k. I found a REALLY awesome app for my phone called Ease Into 5K. It follows the “Couch to 5K” program that can be found online. What I love is that it breaks up each workout, so you just click on the run you’re doing that day, and the audio coaches you through it. In the beginning of the program, there are lots of intervals where I have to run for a set amount of time, and then walk, and then run, etc. The app is great because it will play my music from my phone for me, but then the audio cuts over the music to tell me to run or walk so I don’t have to keep staring at the stop watch. It also lets me track my distance with the GPS on my phone in order to track my progress over the 9 week program, post my results directly to FB or Twitter, and keep a journal of how the runs went. It’s great! The training program consists of 3 runs a week for 9 weeks. Last week I didn’t get all three runs in due to a slight lack of motivation. So, I’m strarting over this week. I’ll keep you posted on how these runs go, but I’m hoping it goes well!

So that’s all! I’ll be talking about everything involved in my weight loss goals. From my weigh-ins and runs, to recipies and new foods I’ve tried, to the pitfalls and problems I have along the way. Eventually I may even get brave enough to post pictures of my progress! So thanks for reading!