Warming Up

So, I decided that if you warm up before working out that "warming up" before hitting a serious workout program would be a good idea. So, I have been trying to reduce the amount of junk I eat and soda I drink. Been only mildly successful at the soda part. Our office at work has a large fridge and a dorm size fridge. The large fridge is FULL of different soda's. My downfall is that I cannot drink diet soda or the new zero calories sodas. I love the taste of Coke Zero yet I can't drink it, well won't. Would you drink a soda that left your mouth tasting like a tin can for the rest of the day? I can't. So, thus I have relegated myself to regular soda, which is probably a good part of my weight problem.

The second thing I have been working on is decreasing the amount of garbage food I have been eating. I know you are thinking around the holidays is the worst time to do that. But, I said decrease. Mostly I watch that I am not eating too much junk. I make sure I don't inhale tons of good food; cheese, sausage, and puppy chow are my downfalls. But today, I am sitting here in my house trying to decide what to eat. While there are some healthy things in the house I can make, I am fighting the urge to go online and order a BBQ Chicken pizza and Cinnamon sticks. It's just so easy, all I have to do is log on and choose what I want and it's delivered right to my door. Way to dangerous.

So, I have decided to sit down and write on this blog. Hoping that the mere fact that I am writing down my struggle for the day will help me with the willpower to not give in to the pizza craving. And now, I think I shall go make a PB and J sandwich. While not equal to the healthy stuff in my house, it isn't pizza. Small steps.

Signing off.
Alicia

Starting up

I have decided this is it! I am tired of being overweight and making excuses for myself. I am tired of creating eating plans and not following them. I am tired of being tired. I will be starting anew on January 5, 2014. Now most people will see this as just another New Years Resolution that won't last. Truly, it's just the best Sunday to being my new life. I am giving myself a week to plan and settle in to this new life I am living.

Now, we all know you have to have a series of goals when you are starting/restarting a fitness and eating plan. The first two weeks of January my goals are simple, eat healthy and workout moderately. This is a long road I am starting and the best way to start is to gradually get into it. Don't we warm-up before we work out? then why can't I warm up to my new way of life.

I have signed up for a 12 week Transformation Challenge at Bodybuilding.com. Now, I can make my own workout schedules as I have done for years, but I want the change of a successful fitness competitor's program. There is a built-in incentive to this as well to help my motivation. As if getting my body back isn't motivation enough, I am competing for a $50,000 prize. Now will I win the prize, probably not. But that doesn't mean I can't work hard to earn it, and earn my body back in the process.

Now I say good luck to me.
Alicia

P.S. Check back after the New Year as I give you an update. Plus I will embarrassingly post my measurements for all to see.