Intro.

OoOooo First post, it's daunting really trying to think of something to say that may summarize what I am trying to do here, while also writing about my day as it was today. So I am going to try, bare with me, I have never been very good at writing to people while also being myself. I try to often to write as my audience would think I'm writing, but I often think randomly and don't always know how to put down what I want to say. This is something new and I have decided that for once I want to let out what I want to let out what I want to say without worrying about what someone might think of me. Far too long I have kept my true feelings bottled up because I could. I am not the type of person to explode because I have too much inside. I have been very good at being able to take in things and show little emotion. Lately I have had a lot to think about and a lot change and it would just be nice to let it out. We will see right.
I mainly wanted to start this "Blog" as a way to write about my new fitness plan. My best friend/ex boyfriend/ future boyfriend(we will discuss him later, but for now he will be referred to as my Sailor) recently graduated from the United States Navy Retcruit Training Center, and I could not be more proud of him. I love that he has taken this step towards a future, a future that will one day involve me, hopefully. So anyway there I am, not know what I am to him, watching him move on with forward with his life and his goals, and all of a sudden I realize I am going nowhere!!! I mean I am 21 and still living at my dads! Mind you I do have a year and a half of private univeristy and tons of "college experience" under my belt, but with that comes a near $15,000 rusty anchor that has restricted my growth substantially.
Anyway I am there and realize that a short 8 years ago I was attending my older brothers graduation from the United States Coast Guard basic training. At that time I had told myself that I would complete four years of school and go into the Coast Guard with the expectations of becoming an officer and making a prosporous career out of it. Of course this meant getting and staying in shape. Oy! Thats the big thing of it all I suppose. Now keep in mind I am not a 200 lb lumpy couch potato. I have always been involved in sports, throughout highschool I was doing cheerleading, softball, and soccer, so I was always moving, but I was also always big. In my younger years I was a cute little skinny girl always on the softball field, then one summer I missed out on softball because of a broken arm and my gut has never really recovered. I am currently 190 lbs at 5'3''. I am often told I don't necessarily look that big and I like to credit that to the fact that muscle ways more than fat and I have some pretty muscular legs (being tumbler,goalie, and catcher helped). However in my research and talking with recruiters I have found that the Coast Guard would like me to weigh 150 lbs. For those of you not doing the math, that is 40 pounds I have to lose!!!! So basically because I plan to (hopefully by the end of next year) be enrolled in some branch of the military I have started a fitness plan. I have even gone so far as to reward myself by putting money into my savings account for every set of something or another I have copmpleted. I think its a good idea and I will put those incriments up soon so that readers can have an idea of what I mean. And unfortunatly I will put my weights and my bads days, but also my good days. I started working out on December 1st, so it hasnt been quite a week yet, so I will prob put all my numbers and a few highlights from my first week, then if you will bear with me my day to day experiences. I may put before and after pictures,but I wouldnt hold my breath. Once in awhile I will segway and write about my past and my thoughts, but for the most part this is for my weight loss goals.
Thanks for bearing with me! If your hear to stay, enjoy the ride, share your experience with me if you'd like, and PLEASE PLEASE feel free to share ADVICE. I am pretty savvy, but I have come to realize I am no longer a teenager so inevitably no longer KNOW EVERYTHING ;D.

"If there was ever a time to dare, to make a difference, to embark on something
worth doing, IT IS NOW"-Author Unknown