Hello readers!!!!
So I was doing my normal routine as of late:
Get up at the crack of dawn, go to work, eat unhealthy food for lunch, snack and drink soda, go home, take a nap until 6:30 when my cousin and her son comes home, then sit in the living room with my computer and surf the internet till bedtime and a lightbulb went off!!!
I have been struggling with my weight forever! Some times are better than others. There was a time that I had a 90 lb weight loss under my belt, but I gained some weight back due to minor depression. I was thinking to myself... I wish I had a community of people that I could share my woes of weight loss to, and a place where I can journal my journey. Then I was like... DUH! I'm a writer! I can blog about it!
Initially I was going to start a whole new blog about weight loss but because I was a genius when I created this blog, the name and goals on the right hand side totally allow me to incorporate this into my blog!!
I'm the girl who does everything... that includes being fit and skinny/healthy!!
So because of some past events that I will not share, I do not dance at that studio I was dancing at anymore. :( Which means a couple of things:
one: I don't want the drama so I don't think I'm going to join another dance studio.. also I'm leaving VT in 8 months and all the studios are working on their show pieces and I just don't want to do that.
two: I need to find a new outlet for my dancing! I have a tattoo on my body that says "to dance is to live" in spanish; if I were to quit dancing all together I would be hurting myself. Dance is my outlet and I will keep doing it despite things that have happened in my past. So maybe I'll just freestyle in my living room? we'll see.
three: I also no longer have a way to stay active. I used to dance 5 days a week last year... no wonder I was at a good weight!! But now I'm not doing anything. I need to join a gym or even pop in a video when I get home. ANYTHING!
So for tonight I decided to start a 30 day yoga challenge that is on youtube. (I'll post the link down below) and I'm going to promise to be 100% honest with you guys (if anyone is actually reading this. haha, I'd like to think I have somewhat of an audience). So as follows is the FIRST HEALTH POST!
DAY 1:
Weight: 260 lbs ( :( ) - as a side note, I used to weight 300 lb so it could be worse I guess. I gained 30 lbs in 8 months... that sucks.
Exercise: Youtube 30 Day Yoga Challenge.
Calories Burned: 98
It's 20 minutes long essentially. It was kind of hard for me because I'm not flexible at all and my back is always tight. I think though that yoga will help me become more flexible and maybe even help my back issue. I just kept saying in my head "you don't have to be as good as the instructor! It's okay if you're not good at it at first, if you keep doing it you'll get the hang of it!"
Calorie Intake: 3,735
... holy moly god! What in the name of all that is food! I had NO IDEA that that is how bad I've been eating lately. That's horrible. I was just super honest with myself on myfitnesspal.com and I'm just like... wtf. I wish I had the money to go on Jenny Craig or some kind of system where I didn't even have to prepare my own food. That's the problem. I'm just so tired all the time, I don't have the energy to cook my meals or prepare anything. I tried to prepare my meals for the whole week but it's a hard routine to get into, especially when you get up at 5am and don't get home till 4:30pm. Ugh! Sometimes I wish I just didn't have to work haha.
But maybe when I get into this new fitness routine I will have the energy to prepare my meals more often. I'll get home from work and instead of napping for 2 hours, (which is ridiculous! Nice way to put yourself back into a depression idiot!) I'll work out for an hour, take a shower and then cook myself a dinner that is big enough for 2, so that I can have the left overs for lunch the next day. Then I can relax and blog, or read, watch youtube videos or something.
I'm doing this for real. It's not a "New Years Revolution", it's February 6, 2014 and I'm taking control of my weight once and for freaking all!
I'm signing off today. Here's for a better tomorrow!
-Patti Cakes
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Here are the links that I have mentioned in the blog:
Myfitnesspal.com
Day 1- 30 Day Yoga Challenge
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