Getting Started

Well, here goes.

I am starting this blog mainly for myself. You see, I am an overweight 30 year old woman. I am not happy with my size and know that I can loose the weight to be more healthy. The reason that I am doing this blog is for some kind of accountability. I am going to hopefully use this blog to journal my experience in loosing weight or the attempt at it at least.

Here is a little background on me…….I am a married 30 year old woman. My husband and I have an amazing 5 year old son, 2 dumb dogs and a tiny little house, but it’s home. I am happily employed at a local bank and I love my job about 95% of the time. My job can be somewhat stressful, but for the most part I really like what I am doing there. I grew up with the best parents in the world. I recently lost my Dad to lung cancer. We spent a year fighting, but unfortunately the fight was lost. My Mom is the most amazing woman I have ever known! If I can be a quarter of the woman she is, I would be thrilled. I have 4 bratty brothers that I can’t imagine my life without. I live in a little town in Nebraska.

I have been overweight since I graduated high school. I have battled this for 12 years now and it has been a war. I have won some battles and lost some. My max weight was 263 pounds. That was this time last year. In 2009 I started taking a weight loss drug called phentermine, it was my dream come true, for a short time. With the help of the medicine, I dropped to 228. I was pretty proud of myself, but since my Dad passed away, the pounds have started to hop back on. As of last night I weighed in at a whopping 238. I know that compared to all of these big shows out there like the Biggest Looser and others, that is nothing, but for me and my body, it needs drastic improvement! I am hoping that I will be able to enlist the help of my brother, who is a personal trainer(I can’t imagine how embarrassed he is by my weight). I need for him to by my drill sergeant. I have a funny feeling I am going to regret this “need” very shortly!!

Now, I don’t know if anyone will actually read this blog, but I figured it was worth a try and even if one person gets something out of it, it was worth it. Each day I will put something out here, any hurdles that I face, what I am eating, etc. Every Monday, I will weigh in and post it as well. If anyone wants to drop a comment or suggestion of any kind, please feel free to do so…That is if there is anyone out there.

Welcome to my journey…..Wish me luck!