A shareable blog

I have a fitness blog elsewhere, but I'm not willing to share with the world (lots of numbers only a handful of people know). That being said, I DID want to have a blog about weightloss and fitness that I could share with everyone, in an effort to encourage and be encouraged.

I've struggled with my weight since I was about 6 years old, I was the chunky kid for pretty much all my life. In college I gained a whole bunch of weight, sadly, but from Summer 2007 to Summer 2008 I was able to lose 90 lbs total. Not shockingly, since then, I have put on about 35 of it back. EWW.

In February I reached a low point and decided it HAD TO GO, once and for all. I joined 4 Balance Fitness, a local gym of the boot camp variety, and have already seen results. Since the end of February, I have lost 6% body fat and considerable inches.

So I am on a quest to not be "thin" or "skinny" but be HEALTHY and FIT. I will use this blog for a variety of things, I hope it won't be too boring. Below I have copied and pasted some of my postable resent entries from my other blog. Everyone loves comments, so comments are welcome :)

May 4, 2009 • This weeks Food Log Link
May 4 - May 10

p.s. that Jillian Michaels book is scaring the crap out of me. Will update soon if I am not destroyed by neurotoxins and xetrogens before.

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May 2, 2009 • New Book
I can't put down Jillian Michael's "Mastering your Metabolism"...so good, so much information on our biochemistry and why its such a struggle for me to keep the pounds off.

After a decade of treating my body like I'm a lab rat, I have hope in hearing Jillian say "if metabolism is your biochemistry, then it is dynamic, not static, and can be changed". I can't blame mom and dad and grandma and papa anymore. I can help change it.

I may post a summary of the book for those that don't want to read all 277 pages of it.

That is all. Also, I bought Bride Wars on DVD...another constant reminder that I better get my act together before I have to appear in front of everyone I know in a strapless white dress. Makes me want to do push ups. Right now.

<3

Food log: May 1-3

May 1, 2009 • If You Were Ever Curious About What I am Eating...
Food log: May 1-3

My gym monitors my food intake (which is an awesome bonus!) They are constantly making suggestions and trying to improve my eating habits. They sent a new excel document for us to use this morning, it was ugly as sin. I've revamped it with girl colors. This is a live google document, so feel free to click and see what I'm eating daily, it updates every 5 minutes (See link above). If you want a copy of the excel file to use yourself, send me a PM with your email address and I can send it to you.

In other news, my new obsession is:

THE GEORGE FOREMAN WITH REMOVABLE PLATES

I already have a George Foreman grill, but I HATE it because it is so hard to clean. When I found this on sale at Target, I had to buy. I have been cooking on it every night. It is SO easy to clean. Seriously. You could almost just run it under water. It grills meat and vegetables effortlessly, and they are delicious! (And it's amazing how much fat rolls off of it!) I've pretty much been eating grilled asparagus every night. Mmmm. I'm already ready for dinner!