Welcome!

Well, hello there. Admittedly, I've been known to create blogs for just about anything and everything, but I feel especially empowered to do so at this juncture in my life. I would like to document my journey to being fit & fabulous and use this as a tool to help me stay motivated and accountable.

Three weeks ago, I signed up for Weight Watchers and also joined LA Fitness. Although I have done WW in the past, my joining was never really initiated because of me. I joined because family members were joining and so I tagged along, usually lost 25 pounds, and then promptly lost motivation or hit some sort of plateau. This time around, I joined for me. It's something I considered doing for several weeks while watching The Biggest Loser on TV and feeling my motivation growing more and more as time went on. Finally I just decided to do it. I made a rash decision to sign up on the computer and attend my first meeting two days later at the first moment it was possible with my schedule.

Deciding to join the gym was also a big deal for me. I've joined once before in college with my roommates, but once again, it wasn't for me. I just tagged along and definitely didn't use the membership but a few times. I also did classes/machines that I may not have normally picked for myself because I was doing it to be with the girls.

Now, I am attending Aqua Fit on Mondays and Wednesdays at 9:00 which is, essentially, water aerobics. I love it. There are lots of old people and I feel like I rock in that class because everyone else is, well, old - and not doing much. I make it a great workout and really push myself and it isn't hard on my joints at all. On Fridays I go and do cardio on the machines. The recumbent bike has been the greatest so far - also not tough on my joints but definitely a killer workout. So far I've been burning around 200-250 calories on Fridays and I hope to increase that number a little bit each time.

My first week I lost 4.8 pounds. My second week I lost 2 pounds. I am now into the beginning of Week 3 and am feeling great about things! It's amazing what losing 6.8 pounds feels like. My energy has definitely increased and my desire to keep going and keep feeling better is burning bright. I do have quite a bit to go. I have not set an ultimate goal or even a timeframe for that matter, but I am hoping to reach my 10% weight loss within a couple of months (that will be 25 pounds). I am pretty sure if we go by my height I need to lose at least 100 pounds, but it does me no good to concentrate on that number right now. Small, attainable goals is where I'm at.

So, I will update this often (possibly more than once a day) with meal/snack/recipe ideas, workout plans/achievements, updates after my weekly weigh-ins, and I may even include some pictures from time to time.