It's been a while...

So I've been absent for a while. No excuses really, just life stuff.

Yesterday I was thinking that I could use this blog to really keep up to date with that was going on in my life, and right now that's a 20 week long fitness "boot camp" if you will.

Let's start with my goals:

Lose 100 lbs (starting off)
Get rid of my booth anxiety
Feel better about myself

Yesterday started week two so I'm going to talk about week one and then Friday or Saturday maybe I'll update about how week two went.

So week one started out with a fizzle rather than a bang. We were told that the first week we just had to eat what we thought was healthy and keep a food journal. While I was trying to eat correctly, I was apparently not. I was told I had too many carbs (cottage cheese is a carb?) and I needed to eat more protein. I'm sorry, rolling up deli turkey meat is gross. But that's what I did. I am determined to lose this weight and keep it off.

So the work out I can't talk about so much because it is hush hush but let's just say the some days I thought my arms and legs were going to fall off and other days not so much. What I'm getting at is that the first trainer I dealt with didn’t really seem to care what we did. it was strange, sometimes he was attentive and nice and encouraging and other times he was a total jerk. I appreciate both though, if I can really get healthy.

Now with this new change in my life means I can't have many of the things I love. The following is a list of things that have left my life, save for one meal a week if I want them.

Coffee
Oreos
Pancakes
Milkshakes
Rolls
Biscuits
Carrots
Coconut
Pineapple
Potatoes

Those are the ones that really kill me. I miss coffee the most. I quit cold turkey because I thought anything else would just be a disgrace. Now anything that is on that list I can have one meal a week. We get our "cheat meal" if you will, and can have whatever we want. Well since little sister was in town this weekend so I decided to have beer, chips and queso, a milkshake, and two small cookies. Sunday morning I woke up with food hang over. That is to say I felt horrible and sick.

Take this as a note people! If you're having a cheat day, don't go crazy! It's like drinking too much, you feel awful the next day and it's just not worth it. I think my next cheat meal will be breakfast…

Anyway! So the first week of the boot camp was torture and not that bad at all the same time. But it was well worth it because I lost…

10 pounds! Hooray! Even though that's all water weight, I'm still happy with the results. I also know that 10 pounds is probably a fluke but I'm still excited about it. That is my motivation to keep my diet and exercise going.