Day 1: A Perfect Start

This is me 7 months after having Elizabeth. I look more pregnant now than I did then! It has gotten to the point that I don't want to look in the mirror, and clothes make me angry. It's time to actually DO SOMETHING about it instead of whining to David every day and hearing him say, without fail, that he thinks I am beautiful no matter what.

Current weight: 220lbs. EEK!!! The scale grunts at me when I stand on it. Not good.

Goal weight: 130lbs.

Pounds to lose: 90lbs. Holy crap. That's almost a person. Bye-bye, butter. :'(


Apparently, it's safest to lose about 2lbs a week. That means it will be March of 2012 before I am at my goal weight if all goes well. In case you're not paying attention, that's almost an entire year, folks.

Crap.

Well, I will shoot for 2lbs a week and if I lose more than that I will just do happy dances. Sound good? Swell.

Measurements? Here we go:

Waist (at belly button) 48'' (oh my lord)
Hips (around butt) 46'' (keep breathing, Lili)
Upper arms: 15'' (No wonder they jiggle)
Thighs: 25'' (>.<)

There's seemingly no way to really set a goal to lose inches. Let's just say I want to look great naked and fit into my favorite jeans. We'll see how that goes.

 I got off to a good start today. David and I went to Ijams Nature Center and hiked hilly areas for around 90 minutes! According to my Spark People tracker, that means I burned 1,107 calories today! I am planning to also do my Jillian Michaels DVD this evening. I'll let you know how that goes.

The plan is to report in with fitness updates every day, stick in an occasional "eating healthy" moment, and weigh/measure in once a week. Join me! Let's get skinny. It will be a lot easier if I have followers commenting, so use this excuse to go get new work-out clothes and work out with me! See you soon!

-Lili