time to lose some weight!

okay everybody, here is my plan. i had to take a physical in order to play bball and one of the
things that they did was weigh me. i thought i weighed about 160 pounds, but when i stepped on
the extremely accurate scale in the weight room, it said that i was 172!!! i was so surprised and
angry--not to mention completely embarassed for being a fatty bball player around all the other
athletes ;) anyways, so i have decided, with help from eli and coach tom, that i am going on a
diet/exercise rampage. here is my plan:

every morning of the school week, i wake up at 7:30 and go running with tom on the bear trail.
the bear trail, for those of you who don't know, is a mile and 1/2 of hills through the beautiful
forest of Weed. it is crazy hard for me because i haven't ran a mile, without stopping, in over a
year and here he expects me to run a full mile and 1/2 WITH hills. plus, there is a KILLER hill
around the mile mark that would weaken even the strongest person, so i have a hard time
continuing after that part. i think it also adds pressure on me when tom runs behind me pushing
me forward and i hear him panting and weezing behind me lol BUT i just wanted to let you
know, that with all of my hard work and perserverence, i have been able to conquer the hill, and
the whole course, without stopping! and not only once, but twice now! yay me! yes, i almost died,
but i did overcome that beast of a course. tom was so proud of me :D

now eli's job is to make sure that i keep eating right. all i have to do, for right now, is make sure i
cut out the crap and decrease my portions. so no more pasta 4 days a week :(, now i can only
have it once. no more soda or energy drinks. no more skipping breakfast, and no more junk
food :S but i do get to eat lots of chicken for protein, salads and apples for keeping healthy,
powdered slim fast for breakfast and sometimes a nice pb&j--if i have been good :D eli also has
the job of picking me up when i feel discouraged, which is a lot. whenever i feel like i did bad at
practice or that i'm not losing weight fast enough, he is the one to tell me to suck it up and get rid
of those discouraging feelings with a run lol its not an easy job, but someone has to do it :P

i have been doing this diet/workout for almost 2 weeks now and i can tell you that i already feel
a difference. i am running a little more smoother, i can breathe a little easier, my jeans seemed
to have stretched out-even though i just washed them ;P, and i gained an extra belt loop! yay
me! i can't really SEE a difference with my stomach, boobs or butt (or even the stretch marks
i've been blessed with), but im sure that those are going to be slimming down pretty soon. i just
need to keep on track.

my goal is to be at 145 by christmas time. so that's 4 months to lose 25 pounds. i know that may
be a huge goal, but the bigger the challenge, the bigger the will to get it done :D plus i know that
with losing weight i will also be gaining muscle mass again, and that that will weigh more than fat,
so i will have a period where i gain weight rather than lose some, or only lose 3 pounds instead of
the normal 8 (or whatever) but i am ready to make some dirastic changes here :) i have dates
set on my calendar for when "weigh day" is. the first one is about a month from now on
september 25th and i'm hoping to lose 10 pounds in the first month. i think that that's a good
estimate because of the water weight and stuff. the first 5 pounds, i've heard, are the easiest to
lose. when that day comes around i will make sure to post another blog and let you all know how
my system is working. wish me luck!