BodyBugg

Well, I changed my URL address cause I was having trouble changing my layout and now I just have a boring layout!! I tried a few and things were all over the place....I miss my bird in a tree! I will work on it this weekend or breakdown and pay someone to design it.

So, I had mentioned that I was going to the gym and I have actually stuck to it. I have gone every other day since the 1st and have now added a fancy little gadget to my weight loss plan...The BodyBugg.

It's an arm band that you wear all day except in the shower and bed....it tracks your calories burned with a 90% accuracy. There is a website where you log in the food you have eaten and it calculates your calorie deficit. When you set up your account you set a goal and it tells you what you need to consume and burn daily to achieve set goal by a certain time....pretty cool.

Today was my first day using it. My burned calorie goal is 2750 and my consumed calories is 1750....I ended the day with goal's met plus 50 extra calories to spare!! Now this shit better work cause it was not easy counting calories!!! I wanted a freakin cheeseburger sooo badly!!! But I have a goal and damn it I am going to look good again! I miss the old Amy.

Still Fat

Okay...so I have gone to the gym every other day since the 1st, that's a whopping 3 days!!! Woo hoo!!! I am doing 45 minutes on the treadmill, weights and sauna. I think everyone is looking at me thinking " man, that girl is fat", I walk by the mirrors and turn the other way and guys are not checking me out...other than that it's been great :-)

Sigh.....the beginning is the worst!!! Weird how it's easier to stay motivated when you look good...shouldn't my reflection of fat keep me motivated?? Instead my reflection makes me think there is no use...like it's going to take so long to see results. Amazing how I lost 15 pounds in 6 weeks when I had Post Partum...I wish I could remember what my meals consisted of, I know it wasn't much!

The food thing is actually my biggest hurdle, not the gym. I don't eat fruits, veggies or seafood so I am pretty much screwed. I got excited yesterday cause I tried a yogurt covered raisin and enjoyed it...well, I googled them and they are not exactly healthy :-( What the hell!! I am pulling out all of my weight watchers cookbooks in hopes of finding good food that's good for you. Every time I read the diets that people follow in my trash magazines I can't believe how BORING and strict they are!!! Egg whites for breakfast, salad for lunch, fish for dinner...blah!!!

I just ate 2 pop tarts.....is that bad? I know...it is.

FAT!!!!!!

Yep, I said it...I am FAT!!! I am the before picture, I look like a linebacker...seriously! Wii fit's assessment agrees. It's time for some action. What better time to start then January 1st.

After the boys were born I was 10 pounds lighter than my pre-pregnancy weight because of the Post Partum Depression killing my appetite. Well, depression went away and appetite came back with a vengeance!! I have gained 25 pounds since the depression went away!!! What the hell!!?? This SUCKS!!!

I never had a problem with weight. I was a size 4/6 all through college and ate HORRIBLY!! Weight started to creep on around 26 years old. Now, at 36 I have 0 metabolism!! So, now I must change a lifetime of eating habits that never had a negative affect before 25 years old!!! Sigh......

So, January 1st I went to the gym....40 minutes on the treadmill, 20 minutes of weights and 12 minutes in the sauna. Every time I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirrors EVERYWHERE, I was disgusted!!! I don't feel like I look so it's always a shock when I see myself.

We got Wii fit for Christmas so I will be doing that in addition to the gym and walks with the boys. Now, the trick is to find things I like to eat that are somewhat healthy...this will be hard!!!!