I'm back!

October of 2010 I embarked on my first fitness adventure, going from 122.8 lbs to 110 lbs in less than 3 months.  That was accomplished through intensive work outs day and night, healthy eating, strong will power, and the moral support of awesome friends!

I basically stopped working out through most of 2011 and 2012, and sad to say, my numbers are up there again :(  The good news is that it only took 3 months to lose, and 2 years to return.  That means it's easier to lose weight than to gain it :)

This time, I am taking a less intensive and more sustainable approach to my health and fitness.

The battle between food and skinny is something that is on my mind every single day.  But today after stepping on that scale and gasping, I am finally ready to commit to my health again.  Here is what you can expect over the next few days, weeks, months, years....

October 3rd.... What Derrick calls "intermittent fasting" begins, and continues until I reduce to 115 lbs.

October 7th.... You will receive my first Monday weight report and body photo (embarrassing!  but unlike last time it will not be bikini)

October 15th... Exercise regiment begins

My short term goal is to reach 115 lbs before the holidays (be it Tday or Xmas) and maintain 115 or less through the holidays and the expected move to Portland that should transpire soon after.  Once I settle into Portland, my goal is to find a regular exercising place, be it a gym or other type of activity.

Although my ideal weight is 110... I am going to be realistic and be happy maintaining anything between 110-115 for my long term goal.  

I also know that I will not be doing crazy exercise throughout my life, so a simple workout 3 times a week is good.   I will discover what works best as we go along.

For now... my eating schedule goes something like this:

All day: tons and tons of water.

1pm  1 XL glass of fruit smoothie w. almond milk base

4pm  Multi Vitamins and 1 regimented bowl of raw vegetables w/ low fat dip

7pm  Dinner of meat and veggies

...If I should get uncontrollably hungry at any point, I will have a cup of flavored tea or lightly sweetened lemonade home made.   

I hope this works out, as I have been having heat and dehydration sickness often here in SoCal, and not eating sometimes triggers it.  But... I think the terrible eating that I have been doing also triggers it so hopefully my healthy approach will whip my body back into shape.

These are my current projections, and of course things will be altered as I go along and see what works.

Oh man, I'm hungry but I must overcome the fat whale syndrome!  Looks like I will be grocery shopping tomorrow.  Hopefully the huge cut in food will reduce my giant grocery bills :)  Always a bright side.

Thanks for reading and being here!

Lisa   

I have no photos for today, but here is a face shot of me from 2 weeks ago.  Future photos will be to date :)