Its been too long....

     There are always excuses to make when it comes to losing weight.  I should know, my whole life I always made excuses on why I was gaining weight or why I wasn't losing, and the big one WHY I CAN'T LOSE WEIGHT!!  Everyone does it, it is just about accepting it and learning from it.  I find myself still making some of those excuses.  Oh work schedule, school schedule, just too tired, feeling lazy today, ect...  I do have a busy schedule and I don't have a lot of time for sleep most days, but still I should make time to reach my goals.  Being over weight SUCKS!!!!  Not to mention the "health" risks associated with being over weight.  It has been way too long since I have posted on this blog.  I have changed my mind set once again.  I have placed new goals  and new dates that I would like to reach these goals.  I dont' like to use the word deadline when referring to weight loss because it is going to be a lifetime thing.  I am going to have to work at it the REST of my life.   I have fully accepted this now, finally! 

Me walking home last week

     NEW GOALS: I would like to lose 40 lbs by the time I fly "home" (NC) in December.  I get out of school December 16 and I don't return to until Jan. 9.  I am going to be in NC for 1 week (due to work reasons) I am looking to fly out on the 16th and coming back on the 23.  Once I purchase my ticket I will have a better idea. 
I wasn't going to tell anyone about this goal, I was just going to do it; however I know myself and I know what drives me (now).  I NEED to talk about about, I NEED to prove it, I need to see the number on the scale.  I have told one of my friends here and she is SUPER supportive.  We go to school together and she said she would help if she could.  We go to school downtown and she works in Chinatown so everyday after school we walk to her work which is .8 of a mile.  Then I catch the max and get off before mine (Gateway Transit Center) and walk the rest the way home, I just googlemaped it and it is 1.1 miles. Heck yeah!!  I figured any extra walking would help.

I was going out last weekend, the most recent picture I have right now

   
 There is a Fred Meyer across the street from Gateway Transit center, so when I am walking home I stop by and get some groceries when I need them.  Well, Thursday, I stopped in there to purchase a scale, I got one that was put out by WW.  I figured it was worth a little extra money to get a nice one since this was how I was going to track my success.  I got home and opened it and and decided I couldn't wait I had to see how much I weighed.  not thinking clearly I used it on my carpet.  I stepped on it 10 different times and knew the number that I was seeing was NOT correct so I called my dad.  After talking to him I put it in my bathroom (on tile, duh haha) and I stepped on it 3 times and had the same reading, way more accurate.  then I went to bed and passed out.  Now the whole idea behind WW is being consistent when weighing in.  When I woke up I went pee and was about to hop in the shower and I decided that I usually shower about the same time every night before work so I stepped on the scale again and weighed myself.  I noted where the scale sits and the that is was about 815 PM.  I am going to use Thursday nights before work as my weigh in day.  I have to work every Thursday so this should be pretty consistent. 
     I going to try and update this blog every weekend with hopefully successful news about Thursday weigh-ins.  I am going to start my count over with my weight loss but when I reach my 40 lbs goal in December I will have lost 100 lbs.  Hell to the yeah on that.
Here is the data: Current weight 231.4 lbs once I lose 40 lbs I will be 191.4!!!  Multiple goals will be reach when this happens!!  I am looking forward to this new challenge.  So here I go....