Day 1

So starting the 30 Day shred today. I really want to get into shape and I really like what I see so far. Bought a scale, have a tape measure. My hand weights are, of course, in FL. Just where I need them to be. And our NEX doesn't carry them. Campbell's soup cans it is, until I can get somewhere to get real hand weights. As horrifically embarrassing as it is to put it down, I will, maybe it will inspire me and I'll stick to this and get the weight off and the body in shape. I weighed in just a few minutes ago at a disgusting 200lbs. I'm sick to my stomach writing that down, but it will give me the boost I need to get rid of it. When I moved to FL I was 153lbs, when I was married I was 164lbs. I was disgusted by both of those numbers at the time, but I've really let myself go now. My goal is to get to 120lbs. Since that is way, way lower than what I am now, I'll set my initial goal to 146, which according to some website is my "ideal," see I'll use that as my leap off point. It's still a lot of weight, but I'm determined. I hate being this fat. And a friend took a photo of me the other day and when I saw it I was just terribly disgusted at how I looked. It always seems like I carry the weight better than that, and then when I see something like that, I realize I'm just deluding myself. I want to be nice and thin like I was in my photographs as a child. So here we go. We'll see how quickly I can get there. I have cut soda out, granted I replaced it with iced tea, but I put in very little sugar, about 1/3 cup, maybe a little more, for a whole gallon-size pitcher. So hopefully that will help, because basically that was all I drank. Yuck.  

Measurements are:

Bust-44 1/2

Chest-37 

Waist-42 1/2

Hips-46

Midway-46

Thighs-44 (together) 28(individually)

Knees-31 (tog) 18(ind)

Calves-15 1/2 (ind)

Forearms-10 1/4 (left) 10 3/4 (right)

Upperarms-14 3/4 (left) 14 1/4 (right)