Here we go.... !

Alright... so I am not going to turn this into a whine about my body and self image blog. But I AM going to start being a bit more proactive about my current feelings in that area.

See.... I WAS eating healthier and kind of being more active and actually succeeded in losing a bit of weight. Now, I'm not saying I was svelte and slim by any stretch of the imagination. I still had some love handles and thick thighs... but some of my clothes were fitting better and my jeans were loose. I could almost suck it in and pretend not to have a belly. And then winter and the stress of school hit.

So with summer quickly approaching and a new swimsuit hanging in my closet, I'm going to try again. I was given a free Bioimpedance Analysis back in February and it said I needed to lose 25 pounds to be at my healthiest... which somehow magically coincides with my goals anyway. I've since lost and regained five of those pounds which is a fifth of the total hoped for loss... when it's put that way, it seems huge!

With the school year winding down, I will hopefully have more energy and time to devote to this new plan (at least those are the two excuses not to work out that I use most often).

I have (and LOVE) the EA Sports Active for Wii. It has a thirty day challenge. I've never completed it. I've attempted it twice... most successfully after I first got it when I was halfway through the challenge before somehow completely failing. And then again a few months later when I was a week in before I lost motivation. They say third time is a charm... right?

I want those five pounds to stay off. And I'd like to see a few more go with them... I might need a bit of motivating words and encouragement along the way and maybe even somebody to hold me accountable... so this is my request: help?