The start of my journey

Day 1

Hello,

My name is Tara. This blog is about my journey to a fit and more fabulous me. I am not happy with my image and it is time for a change, and this time a change that will stick! I have tried many different things and every time I have given up or it hasn't worked for me. I guess you just come to a breaking point and that's where I am at. I am tired of not being able to wear the clothes that I want to wear and do the things that I want to do because of my size.

The change this time? Well I recently signed up with a nutritionist to help me achieve my weight loss goals.

So I want to blog about my success, my trials and challenges I face along the way - I know I can do this!

I have a bit to go but I can easily get to my goal weight in 5 months, I have faith!
My motivation is high.
My will power is high.
I am so amped to get to the finish line!

I will post pictures once a month, starting today. So what is my goal?

My goal weight is: 140-150lbs.  


So lets get to it.


DAY 1:


Breakfast was off to a gagging hit!
The recipe told me to mix 1/2 cup of cottage cheese and 1/2 cup plain yogurt together to layer in a dessert cup with berries and fiber one cereal. I took two bites and I was gagging. Not fun!
 I had to tweak that one a bit with splenda, and adding more berries and blended it to be some sort of smoothie, only that didn't work out exactly perfect either. It became more of a chunky, thick mixture that I ended up eating from a cup with a spoon.

I was feeling frustrated with my consultant because we had a sit down on Wednesday and discussed some of my likes/dislikes and she was supposed to create me a menu plan that incorporated those elements. I felt much better after writing her an email and her response was really encouraging. She told me that I could still drink 2% milk and cottage cheese, I was still allowed to have pop/soda (if I wanted, once a day but to me that seems a bit much! I will stick to once a week), and I could still cook the way I cook but we just need to compromise a bit. Overall her response was satisfactory and I think we can work something out together.

I will see her once a week so I will just make note of the things I don't like and she will just have to tweak them as she goes along. I am signed up with her for the next 3 months, couple that with working out and I feel confident that I will meet my weight loss goal!
This is a life change, and change doesn't happen over night!

During one of P's naps I did my Jillian Michael's 30 day Shred, just finished now... WOW! Seriously I am dripping with sweat. Somehow I don't remember it being that hard when I first did it, but obviously it was. I wasn't able to do as much of the movements as I would have liked but it is only day one after all and I know I will be able to do it more as I go along. My abs are already shaking and they hurt. My muscles burned and were pinching. I feel SO good that I did it though.

Well that's all I will say for now. I'll blog again tomorrow.

~Ciao