Introduction

I have been thinking a lot lately about doing this--starting a blog to keep track of my road to being fit. I have been logging my workouts on facebook, but I think it more beneficial to blog it. I have a hard time finding people like me (a mom of 2 who doesn't have that pre-baby body anymore and struggles with weight and eating healthy) so maybe there are people like me but they aren't blogging about their struggles/triumphs. Or maybe there are and I just can't find them. No matter, I have decided to do this so here I am.

I love food. I LOVE food. I want to be healthy and fit. Those don't really go together well.  I find myself seeing naughty food (aka Nutella, ice cream, anything sweet) and saying to myself "Screw it. I'd rather eat this than loose weight." But I need to STOP doing that. It's getting me no where. I have been steadily working out for two month now and have lost 0 pounds. In fact, I think I may have gained some weight. What the?! I have heard that eating right was more important than working out. I am starting to agree with that thought. Of course, I need to get myself into the process of doing both: eating right AND exercising.

This blog is to help motivate me, and hopefully others, to be better. To make positive changes in my life. Not only to be thin, but to be fit. I do hope that writing it down will help me in those moments when I want to eat the whole pint of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Maybe I can go here and look at my progress and say, "no, it's not worth it. The fat in that ice cream is not worth all the work I have put into my workouts."

So here it is world: my blog of attempting to get myself fit.

I am 26 years old and 5'1". I am 154 pounds. I have given birth to two children. When I was in high school I weight like 118 lbs. Why is it we always say "I wish I looked the same as in high school." When I was in high school I would say "I can't wait to be out of high school" but I would go back in time in a second if I could. So anyway, I have some extra bits on me now, so extra fat. Yeah, my boobs are bigger than high school. That's a plus. But my butt is also bigger and thighs and stomach and arms. I have more cellulite than I did in high school. I am just not happy with my body right now. Especially when I see people that look like this:

I know it's all me that I am not looking better. I eat too much, sit around too much, don't work out enough, don't eat enough healthy food. It is hard. I have a really hard time. But I am slowly getting better. I know it takes time. I just want it to happen instantly. And as I am writing this I just ate a peanut butter cup. hahaha. Oh man.