Weight

In the rush to get my thoughts down before I went to work yesterday, I didn't add any weight or weight loss goals. I added a ticker to the top of the blog, you can see that I'm starting at 238.2lbs and that I have the goal set to 150lbs.

Because I have no memory of weighing below 180lbs (that's how much I weighed when I started paying any attention to it, in 9th grade or so..) I have no concept of my body or where "healthy" will be for me. I think 150lbs is a good first goal and I can adjust when I get to that point.

I will be using livestrong.com to count calories and track my exercise as well. My account name there is Krankinnn.

150lbs seems so far away. I want to focus on losing 5lbs at a time. Having a manageable way to look at it seems much more practical than having to wrap my mind around losing almost 90lbs.

Last night I made progress toward my fitness goal of being able to walk 3 miles. I walked for 30 minutes and had walked 1.75 miles. I'm pleased with that on my first work out. I could tell how much better and more energized I was feeling after just that much! I can't wait to see how great I will feel as I keep going.

A large part of why I'm getting serious about this now is the fact that I'm effing exhausted ALL THE TIME. I just turned 21 in April and all I've wanted to do is sleep and nap and sleep some more. I was tired after my walk last night, but it was a good tired. Like I had earned it. I want to have more of that feeling and less of this sluggish feeling.

For breakfast, I'm going to have my faaaaaaavorite Special K cereal, Oats and Honey. And a light string cheese for some protein to keep me full until lunch.