The just of it

So it is the last day of the first week of my new fitness plan. Tomorrow is the start of week two and I am hoping it will be much better. Now that is not to say that this week was any kind of horrible, but this week did involve some extremely sore muscles and a lot of moaning and groaning both in getting out of bed and in facing the dreaded machinces again. All in all it was a good week, I did at least an hour of cardio four out of the seven days. Don't ask what I did the other three, those are the days that kept this from being an excellent kick-off week.

One thing I am personally proud of is the fact that I have not had a soda in a week!! Now that's not too say that I was overly addicted to soda before, but at work I would drink at least 5 cups of Mt.Dew or Dr.Pepper and at home at least 2 diet whatevers. So yeah I drank too many, and now feel very proud of myself to have been able to stay away from the fizzy stuff. I think I will be keeping this up, I mean who needs soda anyway. Not that I can really feel any kind of physiological response to the lack of soda, but it still feels good to know that I don't to drink soda!



Because it is not a new week and I am wierd about starting something out of "interval" I am not going to put up all the numbers of my work-out so instead I am going to outline my goals and reward system and what not just so it is clear or semi-clear what is going on here. What I am putting here is a list of goals and rewards. What I will be logging on a daily basis starting tomorrow (beginning of week 2) are things like what I ate, my work out numbers (miles, minutes, calories burned, etc.), and how I felt about the day. I am also going to be researching different exercises and "diet"-y stuff to help along the way. I am always open to trying new methods of working out, I feel it keeps things interesting. I also am going to start working out to different videos, right now in my arsenol I have kickboxing, cardio dance and sculpt, yoga, and bellydancing(can't wait to try this one!). I'll be giving a little blurb about those when I do 'em.

December Goals:

1. Lose 10 pounds


2. 25 Push-ups in 2 Minutes


3. 25 Sit-ups in 2 Minutes


4. Run 1.5 Miles in 18 Minutes

Reward System:

• Every mile on Treadmill >$1 into Savings


• Every 2.5 miles on Bike >$1 into Savings


• Every 50 push-ups >$1 into Savings


• Every 50 sit-ups >$1 into Savings


• Every 1lb lost and kept off for 1 week >$1 into Savings


• Every Run at home >$1 into Savings

In addition to these rewards I will be putting $10 into savings for each of my monthly goals accomplished. I haven't decided yet fully what I will be doing with the money. It may stay in my savings or I may use it for a vacation or for even new clothes.

Now for the ugly numbers:

• Weight-190lbs


• At belly button-39in.


• At bust-44in.


• Pant size-12-13


• Shirt-XL

Tomorrow I will start with all the details of my work-out and what not. Again anyone with advice is strongly encouraged to share it! Thanks :D.

"Actually, I think all addiction starts with soda. Every junkie did soda
first."-Chris Rock

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