Hitting the Gym...and It Hits Back!

The past week and a half I have been embarking on an adventure. I like many, made the New Year's Resolution to lose weight. I have been feeling not very well for a while and I think it has a lot to do with not taking care of myself and not eating right. I weigh more now that I ever have.

A motivating factor was also joining the Biggest Loser 2 contest. I was a part of Biggest Loser 1 but I was not motivated. I didn't do right by it and it showed.

I am so fortunate that for the second go around, I had going in to it, and now have such an awesome support system in friends. I am very blessed and had people who care about me, tell me why I needed to be serious. They explained why I needed to do this for me.

In the past I did try to exercise and a couple of times did really well, but had trouble staying with it.

This time I am determined but not because I am doing it for someone else. I am not doing it to win the contest. Yes the money would be great but if I do it for that, I am not really doing it for the right reasons.

I am doing this for me. I truly believe that I can do it, and I want to feel and look better and losing weight and exercising is one step for me to accomplish my goals.

I have been in the gym for almost two weeks now, and I am accomplishing a whole lot more than I ever thought I could or gave myself credit for.

I have every intention of seeing this through. I have already been able to tell a difference in my self confidence since I started. I feel better and smile a lot more.

Each night this week I have done an hour on the elliptical and every other night lifted weights. It has not been easy and the gym has not given me anything but that is fine with me. When I reach my goal, I will know I earned it!

Tuesday we had our weigh in for the start of Week 2 and I was very surprised. I started at 267 pounds and weighed in this week at 263.4. Just the first step!