Weight Loss Challenge

Let's call this the picture that started it all:



That is me at some random party in college. It was taken April 21, 2006.

I was browsing through old photos the other day when I came across this one. And my jaw dropped. I couldn't ever remember being that skinny. What's ironic is I could almost put money on the fact that even then, I was complaining about how I looked.

So this ends NOW.

5 years from now, I can look back at 2009 photos and either say, "Wow, I was so much skinnier then!" or laugh and say, "Good thing I nipped THAT in the bud!"

People get all uncomfortable and touchy when you talk about weight. So, fine... it's not about "weight"... it's about "health." I mean, a word is a word as long as you're aiming for the same goal.

But I can confidently state that there was a time in the past 5 years where I was twenty five pounds lighter than I am now. That's a LOT.

So here it goes... in order to be held accountable, I need to admit how much I weigh (boyfriend, look away now... I don't want you know that I weight more than you!).
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164.

So my mom has put me up to a challenge... lose 15 pounds before my cruise (January 25th). That's 12 weeks to get down to 149, and then a week to show it off in a bikini.

I'm not gonna pretend this will be easy. I don't really enjoy working out, and I hate most healthy foods. But I can't go on like this... slowly adding pound by pound for the rest of my life.

In order to stay focused, I will (try to) post my weight here every day in the right margin. I figure if I can go from couch potato to triathlete in 3 months, I can do this. It's all about determination.

This doesn't end now... it's starts now.