Bring it on 2013!

Well, I weighed in at 162.8.  How about that?!  Holiday meals and cookies and alcohol, and I lost weight?!  Great way to start the New Year!  So, my New Year's resolution is one we've all heard before: lose weight and quit smoking.  I know, right?  So cliche!  But it is so necessary.  I'm going to be 30 in less than a year and a half.  I envisioned my 30th birthday being spent in Vegas with my amazing boyfriend and all my besties.  I see myself wearing a flowy button up with sequined hot pants (it's going to be hot in Vegas in May).  If I were to wear this now...I'd be showing off more cellulite than even Kim Kardashian could be proud of.  I've got all the tools I need to make this happen.  I have Pinterest and it's endless supply of workouts, motivation, and healthful recipes, own Jillian's Body Revolution, a cable, free weights, etc, I have a supportive boyfriend, and I have this blog.

Best motivation over the holidays (besides losing 2 pounds), looking through my Christmas present from my Aunt.  She compiled pictures of every year of our lives and made these really great photo albums for us.  It was amazing to look back  and remember what an amazing (ly chubby) childhood I had.  It made me miss the days when I ran around in a bathing suit every single day (ages 2-5), the house I grew up in, the dogs of my past, my friends, high school, my grandparents, etc.  It was also a nice reminder that, DAMN, I wasn't just thinking I was a heavy kid...I really was.  It was pretty sad turning page after page, and seeing double chin after double chin.  It was a nice motivating factor.  Man, wouldn't it be nice to look back and think, I was a chubby kid, but look how far I have come?!  And you know, I may have been chubby, but I was always active between swimming, playing tennis and softball practically year-round, so it's not like I was all that unhealthy...I was just a big kid.  And it's time to turn it all around.  I refuse to be heavy from age 6 until I die.  Time to get serious about this.

Vegas, baby, Vegas! 5/19/2014

Whoa...time to get down to business

Alright, so it has been more than 90 days since I posted that I was start Jillian.  Unfortunately, I fell off the wagon...twice...so I'm no where NEAR my goal!  =/  I was sticking with it because I wanted to look good for the family reunion, BUT then the family reunion came, and we were drinking and eating pizza, etc.  THEN 2 days after the reunion was over it was back to Illinois and Indiana for a wedding.  That just added the El Ranch, Pagliai's, Steak 'n' Shake (twice), and NO working out the entire time.  I hit my all time heaviest fluctuating between 167 and 170, and I kind of wanted to die.  SO as soon as I got back from Illinois, I got back on The 17 Day Diet and started eating right again. I lost 8 pounds in 2 1/2 weeks.  Then, a few friends came to visit from Illinois, and went back off the diet.  Happily (and luckily), I only put back on 1 pound, and I'm holding steady at 160 (162 during that "totm").  As soon as we go grocery shopping, I'll be able to get fully back on the diet (cutting out all the carbs and sugar, again), and hopefully losing some more weight. 

The big thing for me is all the crappy snack food taunting me at work.  I HATE working with a 40 yr old and a 60 yr old that don't give a shit about their health because it makes it SO hard for me to turn down the individual bags of chips and cookies that they're always snacking on.  I have asked Sam to buy me carrots and always make sure there is plenty of water, but it still gets really hard when a craving kicks in, and I know there are some cookies calling my name!

It is also time to quit smoking.  Working out might actually be fun if my lungs didn't feel like they were on fire with in the first 15 minutes.  I really don't smoke that much, but really any cigarette is too much, so that is my new goal cut back enough to enjoy working out, and eventually quit completely.  I'm not a cold turkey kind of girl, so baby steps is what will make it happen.

I really want to be at 150 when we go to California next month for the BF's best friend's wedding.  We fly out on September 6th, so it's time to kick this butt in gear and get going!  I've got 21 days, 3 weeks.  I know I can do this.  If I can lose 8 lbs in 2 1/2 weeks, there's not reason I can't hit 10 in 3.  It's time to step up my game, eat healthful food, and get exercising!  I've got Jillian to push me, and I've got dogs that want to go on walks.  I have to stop making excuses for myself.  I have to stop justifying bad decisions.  It's time to get down to business, and lose the weight.  I'll be sure to check in a few days before we leave and give a weight update.


Until then, have a good day and eat healthfully!