I'm Changing My Body for Life

I was sitting at my desk at work one day and I was checking my emails and I got this email from Jillian Michaels saying that they were casting for the next Biggest Loser. So I tried to go about my day and work, but what kept running through my head was should I try an audition for the show.

My mind kept flip flopping back and forth. If I try and audition and get chosen, it would give me the chance to fully work on myself for 3+ months, focus on changing my mind and body. If I don't, then I have to try and figure out how to make myself be motivated, all day everyday, to stick to losing weight. I also, think that I need to be able to change my mind and focus on sticking to weight loss while trying to function in my daily living for it to really sink in.

So I thought, what if I start a blog, where I have to write a blog every day, making me feel like someone in Internet-land is relying on me to check in with them daily, giving them a status report of where I am at.

Now anyone who really knows me, they know that I am a private person. I don't divulge information about myself- if my husband and I are arguing, personal/financial problems, I don't tell anyone. So doing this, it is really going to take me out of my comfort zone.

So here are the following requirements that I am going to have to follow:

1. I must keep a food journal of everything that I eat and drink. And I think that the only way that I am going to stick with it, anything I eat all the way down to a stick of gum, I am going to have to record it.


2. Every Monday is "Weigh In Day." No matter what is going on, that is the first thing that I need to do. So I am either going to have to breakdown and buy a scale for the bathroom (even though I am afraid that my youngest will figure out a way to break it) or when I go into the office on Monday, I am going to have to get on the scale. So, look forward to Mondays when you will see me breakdown when I see what my true weight is.


3. I must exercise at least four times a week. Tomorrow, I am going to join the local YMCA and try a figure out some workout regimen. The one that I am going to try and follow is "Body for Life" by Bill Phillips. I have had that book for about 4+ years and I have worked out from it and had great results, but had terrible follow through. So I am going to make that book my workout bible. I am also going to use the website to my advantage. They have all the workouts, recipes & I just registered for their weight loss challenge that they have every year.

Now, I am really trying to be committed to following through this. I am 30 years old and this is not what I saw for myself. Now I could sit here and whine and complain, but I have to something about it and I am going to. So people in Internet-land, wish me luck and I will talk to you tommorow for "Day 1."