Got A New Toy!

Purchased myself a new tool to aid me in my weight loss and health journey. A friend of mine has been using one and it seems to work really well. It's a Polar Heart rate monitor. It keeps track of your heart rate and such while you work out and lets you know when your highest point during your workout is. I am excited to use this for the first time. Oh and it is also a sweet looking watch. Welp that's enough about this. In other news I am signed up for a color run that is put on through my college on Oct 5. I am pretty excited. I will let you all know how it goes.

So I call myself fat.

It's always good to have a support system when you are trying to lose weight especially when you are busy. For me my support system includes my family and boyfriend. Sometimes you just feel like there is no point to trying anymore because you just can't see the way out of the mess of weight you have created. In my life I hit these days regularly and just can't find the will to continue to try. When those days come around I tend to refer to myself as FAT or UGLY, these are two powerful words and you actually start to believe them after a while if you do n't have someone to correct you. My boyfriend is one of those people. I will call myself one of those harsh words and he corrects me by saying "Let's go for a walk and really think about what you just said" It's little things like that, that truly help me to regain motivation to be the best I can be for not just him but also for myself. When you feel good about yourself then others will see that and reflect that back to you. Everyone is a beautiful person, sometimes they just don't see it.

Nation of Excuses

The United States is a country of opportunity no matter what your view is you have to admit that you have a lot going for you. I know that I sure do. I work TWO jobs each part time. I am a FULL time college student, I am the captain of a Relay for Life team and not to mention I have family, friends and the love of my life to attend to. So yeah, you are not the only one with a full plate. This fine nation of ours is convincing itself that we are all too busy to keep ourselves healthy. Which I will admit I sometimes come to believe myself, but this blog is going to help me change all of that. I am currently at the heaviest weight that I have been in my entire life and I find myself being completely uncomfortable with who I am in my physical appearance a lot. I don't simply want to lose weight I want to make myself healthier so that I can set an example for the people around me. So this is where I will post my successes and failures because we all need a place to do that on a journey like this.