woohoo for weight loss...

I have set a lot of goals in my life...rarely do I ever keep them. This year I made my new years resolutions...

1.Lose 70lbs by December 31st, 2010
2.Do more outdoorsy stuff

#1 is part of why I created this blog in the first place. I need all the help I can get keeping on track. I am hoping it will keep me accountable.

The truth is that I don't even know where to start. I have no idea how to truly begin eating healthy and stay on a budget...I have no idea how to create a sensible work out routine. I did get an eliptical for my birthday so that is where I am starting. I plan on doing 20 minutes a day. And I am on Maternity Leave for another 2 weeks so I plan on going for a long walk every day with Oliver in the stroller.

Oliver my son is 8 weeks old. It is funny because immediately after I had him I kept thinking I do not want to be one of those moms that people look at and think to themselves...oh I feel sorry for her she still has all the baby weight left to lose. And....I am. For a little while I didn't think that I was. He was about 5 weeks and I started getting slightly more active and I thought 'YES! I can do this!' Now my child is 2 months old and I have actually gained weight since my 6 week appointment. I am still wearing maternity pants for god's sake. I hate it. I have all this gross loose skin and a muffin top! You know those women that insist on wearing tight shirts and their old pants they barely fit in so that they have a roll hanging over the pants? ooo and you can see the button on the pants is ready to burst. It almost as if you can hear that button screaming... I have that! My buttons scream. It is gross. I don't even fit into shirts that I used to be able to wear because my arms have grown. My arms have grown...they are bigger around. I can't even explain how it happened I never noticed it until I tried on one of my old shirts.

I really only gained about 60lbs the whole pregnancy. Currently I weigh 215lbs. When I got pregnant I weighed 170lbs. The heaviest I have ever been. The last time I remember looking down and thinking...'Man I love my body' I was in swimming in highschool and I weighed about 130lbs possibley a little less. I have decided I would be happy with about 145lbs. Hell I would be happy if I could just wear some of the clothes I packed away before I even got pregnant never to be worn again.

Ok. That is enough complaining for tonight. Tomorrow is a brand new day. A day where I will complete a solid 20 minutes on my eliptical. I WILL also take Oliver for a walk. If the solid 20 minutes on the eliptical doesn't kill me that is.