The Beginning

Hello Everyone!!

My first post!  So many things to say!  Well, first off, this blog is to document my weight loss journey.  I have always wanted to start a blog for many reasons.  One of my absolute favorite movies is Julie and Julia starring Meryl Streep.  In the movie, Julie starts a blog and cooks/blogs her way through Julia Child's cook book.  After watching that, I wanted to start one myself.  But what about?

Weight loss.  My newest passion in life.  On Saturday August 3rd, I signed up for my first ever 90 day challenge at Lifetime Fitness.  Tomorrow, Monday August 5th, I will attend my first Team Fit class and officially commit to a team of 8-10 people who are also beginning a new journey as well.  Once a week, I get to meet with a dietitian and will be attending Team Fit classes and meetings 3 times a week.  I had my initial weigh in on Saturday and will be weighing in weekly or bi-weekly with the team. 

Why am I blogging this? And why now?

Accountability.  I want to share this journey with my family, friends and anyone else who is willing to take the time to read this so that I have some sense of accountability.  I would feel pretty darn stupid in front of all of you if I still looked the same at the end of these 90 days!  So please, I invite all of you to comment, read, suggest, push, yell, support, and motivate the heck out of me to help me accomplish my goal!

To Inspire.  If I can do it, so can all of you!! I hope to motivate those around me to join me in this journey and get healthy!  I plan to share the things I learn at Lifetime, along with my successes and struggles along the way!

Why now?  The question has multiple answers.  My #1 is to be healthy.  Not only to lose the weight, but to learn to live a healthy lifestyle.  To make it a way of living.  I know that Lifetime Fitness is going to guide me through my journey and give me the tools I need to accomplish my goals.  I clearly have not been able to this on my own, so I am thankful that I have found a program that will help me!

I also am doing this for my parents.  I have thought about them a lot and they have been a big part of my decision to do this.  For those of you who don't know, my dad passed away suddenly when I was 9 years old and I just lost my mom last September from Leukemia.  Their lives were cut so short, and they were unable to do so many things they wanted to in life.  I want to make the best out of my time here on earth, and in order to do that, I must be healthy.

So I invite you to join me on my journey in the next 90 days.  Stop by daily to track my progress and read up on tips, ideas, workouts, recipes, etc.  I thank you all now for taking time out of your day to read this and for all of you support on the days to come!!  Love ya!