Giving It A Shot.

Hello Blog-o-sphere!
So this post marks the first day of my blogging my (hopefully) successful journey to lose some weight. The reasoning behind is not just because I want to be healthy, thin, and blah blah blah, but actually because I want to look stinking awesome in my dearest friend and future cousin-in-law's wedding in October. Shout out to Samantha for giving me some type of timeline to base my goal on. Thanks!

The current objective is to lose 30 pounds by October 14th.
Is this do-able? Totally.
Will I struggle the whole time? Totally.
But that is just the way it goes with these types of things, isn't it?

I officially started my "healthy intiative" (my clever way of avoiding the word "diet," which have never been of any help in the past) yesterday and I am feeling pretty good about it. Granted it has only been two days, but let me bask in the small victories. Here are the stats as they stand today:

Current Weight: 177 pounds
Goal Weight: 147 pounds
Calorie Intake Daily: 1,300

My exercise varies from running 3 times a week, abs for fifteen minutes once a week, and arms fifteen minutes once a week. I plan on upping the times for abs and arms once I have a better grip on them, for now though, fifteen minutes is about all I got before my abs feel like they are on fire and my arms feel like they might fall off. I am a weak woman, but I am working on it.

The point of this blog is to find some sort of focus throughout the ordeal. My schedule hardly has any routine to it, sometimes it just seems to be weeks of chaos, but that is something I am dealing with day by day. Between sorority, school, work, sleep, and a personal life, time is limited for things like working out and cooking, but I am hoping this will help me stay on track.

Finally, I want to thank some people:
Megan Massey for eating healthy with me. It's nice having someone keeping an eye on what they eat around the house, it makes me think twice before I eat that spoonful of cream cheese frosting. (Note: it also helps that her cabinet is filled with little baggie's of cheerio's that she made herself for portion control...it always makes me laugh but helps keep healthy eating on my mind.)

Jeff Gabriel: This boy is a work out machine and I am so proud of him! He is part of my reason to lose weight as well. He has gotten so fit and I can't stand the thought of having a super fit boyfriend and then lumpy old me sitting beside him. ew. Ha. So thanks sweetie:)

Kristen McCue: Thank you for your gentle teasing of my trying to lose weight. It gives me a determination to keep doing it. I just love to prove people wrong. Haha. Secretly, I think you want me to lose weight solely for the purpose of getting all my clothes in my closet. I promise to give them to you too. Just don't eat chocolate cake in front me, you know I have very little will power.

Last but not least, I want to thank my Mom who has ridden on me to watch my weight since I hit 9th grade. I am glad you have done it too or else I might be even bigger than I am today. You are always supportive of me and I appreciate it. However, if you see me eating a pop-tart, save me the speech about eating plain oatmeal, sometimes a girl just needs a pop-tart to get her day started. Love you!

So this is it, hopefully the next 39 weeks will see a skinnier me! WOO HOO!