Not a New Year's Resolution!

As I said on my SparkPeople Vlog last night: Me being back is not a product of some kind of New Year’s Resolution. Not that losing weight is Resolution or that Resolutions are bad – it is just not my reason. If it was the 3^rd week of February I would be back due to the past two weeks I have had.

I have felt like poo! Sluggish, unhealthy, too old feeling – poo. Could it be because I have not posted here since September? Could it be that since then I have been on a free for all in the food department? If it was fried and smothered it was on my plate. It finally caught up to me and I have felt awful the past two weeks.

On Thursday, December 30^th I made the decision that is enough is enough – as soon as I got home it was back to work on myself. I have no excuse – I can’t blame stress, hormones or even JAG – I have tried, but he just laughs. I stepped on my friend the scale yesterday and it said…

189

Yeap…that is three pounds less then my start weight – no wonder I feel like poo!

I just dug through pictures from vacation and I could post so many where I believe I look like poo, but I don’t think that is not productive. 2011 is the year of productive StrawberryTart!

So, I am here and I am back on SparkPeople full time – that means I track my food and I VLOG. I hope to keep you updated here with my daily achievements and struggles – we will see what evolves.

Food Fridays will start this Friday. Similar to What I Wore Wednesday, Food Fridays  is where I will document everything I have eaten during the past week (Fri thru Thurs night). I will be accountable to report not only a picture for everything, but also the nutritional standing.

Also, this week I am back on Couch to 5k! yeah ---- that should be YAY YAY YAY! I have 5k in my sights for April and I so so want to do it – we will see.

So, there you have it – am I back and the next time you see me I hope there will be less of me! We will see.

SW = 192

Restart Weight: 189

LW = 135 (long time ago)

GW = 150

UGW = 142

I weigh in every Monday – so if you just want to see if I am actually walking the walking then Monday’s are the day to check back.

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The Good, The Bad, and The Scary

 Yes yes I procrastinated a day and put JAG in as a filler, I know. Today’s post is the one that I have been dreading, but I have to do it! What is the point in sharing with you my weight loss story if you don’t know where I started from, right?

So the Good!

I told you the other day that I started at 192, well I am down to 185. Don’t start cheering too quickly…we still have the bad and the scary.

The Bad!

The lovely stats. Ready?

Age: 32

Height: 5’ 4”

Weight: 185

Arm: 13

Bust: 41 (this seems way off!)

Ribcage: 34

Waist: 37 (urgh)

Butt: 46 (bigger urgh)

Hips: 42

Thigh: 24.5

BMI: 31.8

Just so you know I calculated my BMI with the calculator provided by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. You can find it here.

Here are the rankings:

Underweight = <18.5

Normal weight = 18.5–24.9

Overweight = 25–29.9

Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater

The Scary!

The before pictures! YIKES! URGH! I can’t stand it! But, hey, hopefully this will be the last “start weight” picture I will have to take.

Well, that wasn’t too bad. Tomorrow I will tell you my goals!