The Eve

OK, so I am really sick of being overweight. And no matter what I do or how "good" I say I am going to try to be, it never ever works. I always end up splurging on a bowl of cereal before bed, or go through McDonald's drive thru and eat ALL of my food and half of Oliver's. I tell myself I am going to exercise, but I don't. I make up excuses as to why I can't, or believe I am really as sleepy as I think I am. I weigh between 165-168 depending on which day I weigh myself. I know it doesn't seem like its that much ...and I am sure that there are tons of women out there that wish to weigh what I do, but for me it just isn't good enough.

About six months ago I went to my doctor for a routine cholesterol screening and I was floored by the results. My triglycerides were a whopping 373 and my total cholesterol was 240! I mean, for a 28 year old female, I was well on my way to diabetes. I monitored what I ate, started to do a workout DVD every morning and cut down my intake of bad carbohydrates (cake, cookies, cereal) and incorporated more healthy things into my diet. Well, it must have worked because when I went back in Feb. my Triglycerides went down to 128 and my cholesterol was down to 180. I was floored! Of course, I didn't weigh any less.

So from about February until now, I have slowly crept back to putting on the weight, not exercising and eating like a pig. So my grand idea while I was in the shower this morning was to start a blog. Its mainly for me to journal my feelings and to be my own advocate. But I also want to share my next few months with everyone. I will be taking a before picture, with my weight and I will blog daily on what I have eaten, how I feel, what activities I have done, etc. and we will see how I do come August 17th (the day my last semester of nursing school starts). I went through McDonald's for lunch today, I am baking cookies as I write this and I am preparing myself for my new life tomorrow. So wish me luck, read it when you can, and hopefully I can inspire myself and others to start the road to recovery...