Comeback Post

So, I suck at this whole blogging thing. 

Number one reason for my (not so) triumphant return: I am making a serious effort to become more healthy and lose the weight gained in college and maintained my first few years of working.  Writing about it here will hopefully keep me motivated and maybe even hold me accountable.  It is very frustrating when I look in the mirror and see how much weight I have gained, especially since I have earned a degree in Lifetime Wellness and I try to live an active and healthy lifestyle.  I know how to lose the weight and tried for two years to lose it on my own.  I started running, most of the food I ate was nutritionally sound.  I understood I didn't put the weight on overnight, so I was not going to lose it overnight either.  I wasn't having much success and that frustrated the hell out of me.  I don't often feel fat (until I look in the mirror, struggle with a yoga pose, or walk into a fitting room).  I still feel like the girl I used to be, but with a better understanding of how to style my curly crazy hair. 

So I am doing this little thing called Weight Watchers, maybe you have heard of it? I don't 100% agree with everything Weight Watchers does (and I am not going to open that can of worms yet), but a lot of people have had great success with the program and I need to do something.  I have been a member for 12 weeks and as of Monday, I have lost 15 pounds and received some very cute little star stickers as evidence of my success.  Obviously something is working: I think it is the stickers. But my jeans still squeeze me and I can't tell a difference.  My long term, end of the tunnel, holy freaking cow goal is to lose 119 pounds (or so - this will put me in the middle of my "healthy" weight range.  BMI weight charts: another can of worms).  I find this to be daunting, heartbreaking, exciting, and really scary.  Now I am going to chronicle this bad boy of a goal. 

The second reason for my comeback: my public needs me!  Not really, but I have received a few very sweet messages inquiring why I stopped posting.  So I am back, my wonderful people, all seven of you.