So, this is hopefully the "before" photo. I am hoping the "after" is H-O-T!
So this will be the year I stop making New Year’s Resolutions and start keeping them! Today is the second day of 2010, and the first day of my resolution to kick my own butt into shape. For Christmas I got a Wii Fit Plus (which I L-O-V-E, love!) and I intend to make excellent use of it.
I will start off this blog by telling you a little bit about myself and my goal. First off, I am 36 years old, 5′2″ and 170 pounds! YUCK, huh? I have really let myself get incredibly out of shape and I am ashamed and embarrassed about that. I have one child, who is four (so that excuse no longer holds any water). I adore him and he is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I currently live in Arkansas, just outside of Memphis, Tennessee. I have determined that this place (the Mid-South) is the most unhealthy place I have ever lived. The food is fattening, there are no sidewalks in town on which to walk, and the parks are a joke. But, having said that, I can’t let these issues be an excuse. There are plenty of people in the area that are not morbidly obese, and I intend to be one of them! I am really scared that if I don’t do something about my weight and my habits that I won’t be around to see my son grow up and have his own family.
I love to cook and bake, and I am pretty good at it. Unfortunately for me I test my creations, though I try not to. I also love to read, watch movies, and listen to music. For the first two or so years here I was not at all familiar with the local music scene. Only recently have I found that there still is decent live music here in the “Birthplace of Rock n’ Roll” and this has led to my going out and dancing a few times (which makes me very happy). All through college I went dancing two to three times a week, which kept me in decent shape. I also used to kayak, hike, walk, and ride bike almost every day. Now I teach art at the junior high level and don’t do very much physical stuff at all.
As a mom with a job I don’t have much “me” time. My husband and I are separated currently, and so I don’t have the ability to really get out and exercise outside of my home. I had joined a gym last year, but unfortunately that caused me to be out of the home more than I could really afford, and the monthly membership was more than I could afford. Afterall, I am a teacher!
My resolution: lose 50 pounds and a minimum of three “dress” sizes. (Since I don’t often wear dresses… pants sizes are how I will measure) In order to measure this I will be taking photos of myself the second of every month. I would like to lose around ten pounds a month and be at my goal of 120 pounds before the summer. I do not know how achievable that goal is, but I figure, if I write it down here perhaps I will hold myself more accountable.
If you have a Wii Fit and want to compare workouts, goals, achievements, I would love to have workout buddies! We can share our personal stories and what we love and hate about the program. I would really like to find others who are trying to achieve weight loss using this game. They say that having people to workout with really helps. So, feel free to join me!
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