It All Started With Underoos

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

Last night I started to write a blog post addressing a couple of questions I've received since I started toward my health & fitness goals, then I realized I could just take it to the flip cam!

If you're not interested in viewing, the short version of the story is this:

1. No, I am not pregnant. I'm drinking water only for a year (for thirst) to lose weight and get healthy, not because I'm legally required to do it for an unborn baby's sake. Sheesh. :)
2. Thank you for all of your kind words and comments. If you're going to take the time to visit me, I encourage you to give feedback and submit questions. I was on Spicoli's side -- If I'm here, and you're here, this is OUR time. So make the best of it. Ask me anything you want, and I'll address it. Scout's honor.
3. Renee in Missouri asked me if I could remember when I first realized I was fat. My answer was when I was six . . . I wanted (and got) a pair of "Underoos" (seriously -- I can't believe I admitted that to the world), and since they were two-piece, you can only imagine what I looked like. Six years old, so totally not height/weight proportionate. My mom took a picture. My family got a big laugh. Then when I saw the photo I realized I didn't look like the girl on the package. Crying ensues.

There you have it! :)

But I really encourage you to watch the video. If you are anything like me, then you'll definitely relate.

Weigh-in Sunday #1 -- January 2, 2011

Hello, everyone! It's Weigh-In Sunday!!

I weighed myself at 9:30am this morning, and I am SUPER HAPPY to report that I have lost 4.5 pounds!! Can you stand it? The video is below to support my claim. However, I'm not sure why the Wii Fit recording system stated that I'd gained 14.5 pounds. Maybe they're still going off the last goal I had. Who knows.

I am quite sure that when I weighed myself last week, it read "294." So, I'm going with it. The video I shot this morning now proves I weigh 289.5 pounds. Which is nothing to be proud of, but shedding almost 5 pounds without really doing much but avoiding soda and staying within my Weight Watchers points balance is pretty damn cool.

My youngest son and I are going to go shopping today for a new workout DVD, since he got hold of the last one and scratched it up so bad that it almost killed our DVD player. I may look into the Jillian Michales Wii Ultimate Fitness game too . . . Or, for more fun, Wii Dance Party . . . :)

Oh! I almost forgot! I've also uploaded my First Official "Before" Photos.

UGH. How I let myself get this way . . . .

Anyhoo, they're over on the "Visual Progress" page. I'll post those monthly as I continue towards my goal to lose 135 pounds before I turn 40.

As you can tell by the photos, I've got a LONG way to go, but I'm motivated . . . LET'S DO THIS!

So, Let's Call it a "Practice Week," Shall We?

Or, maybe even a "Dress Rehearsal."

I knew that going to work today would pose some major challenges for me, the biggest being that I work for Pepsi, and have free access to fountain soda all day. (I know, right?)

I once heard soda referred to as "Liquid Satan," but I can't go so far as to call it that. I love LOVE Pepsi. But I have to give it up.

Lucky for me, Pepsi also bottles and distributes Aquafina! I drank plenty of that today, but when it came time to have lunch, I broke down and drank 16oz of Pepsi. Which, actually, is a major improvement considering I usually drink 64+ ounces of Pepsi a day. Baby steps!

So this week will be a good trial week for me. I will keep track of when I get hungry and pack my lunch bag accordingly with lots of healthy snacks. My grazing habit keeps me looking for food ALL DAY. So, I have a feeling I'll be eating lots of carrots, apples, and any other one-point Weight Watchers snacks! :)

I also recorded another video today on my way home from work. I really need to sit down and plan my day so that I can fit some sort of exercise in between the time I get up and the time I go to bed. I go to work at 6:00am, so I technically wake up the roosters. I may have to get up as early as 3:30am to get exercise in before work. ACK!

Tomorrow I'll begin my search for a good workout DVD. Maybe you can help me choose, since my husband wants to bust out the "P90X" and I'd rather not go there. I'm not sure if I'll make it through 10 minutes of that, so I need to find something that will help me transition from "Plus-Size Sedentary" to "Plus-Size Semi-Mobile"!

OH -- one more thing . . . Tomorrow is "picture day." Ugh. I'll spare you the "Biggest Loser" half-naked high-def imagery and go with a t-shirt and shorts. (At least for the blog. I'll keep the half-naked picture handy for reference, since I hope to be able to run through the neighborhood in just a sport tank and runner's shorts by the end of 2011!!)

First Video -- Day One (Sort of)

Today I decided that I'd incorporate some video blogging into the website.

One thing I'd like to put out there -- I discuss in the video that I have a goal to drink only water (and nothing else) for the upcoming year. The only exception to this rule is that I am allowing myself milk in cereal and oatmeal.

I know that this has been tried and done before. However, I am hard pressed to find someone who has stuck with regular posting and updates for an entire year. My goal is to make it through 12/31/2011 drinking only water for thirst. Then, on that New Year's Eve, I'm going to have one giant fricking cocktail.