Day One...Again.

Maybe blogging about my adventures in trying to become healthy will help keep me more accountable for my actions. Who knows! But why not, right? Anyway, about me...

I'm a 23-year-old who's always felt uncomfortable in my skin. Ever since junior high I've felt self conscious and overweight, even when I wasn't. Lately I've felt like I've been stuck in a rut, and I want to get out of it! I'm also getting married in less than 9 months (ahh!) and feel a bit more motivated to change my lifestyle. I want to (and need to) lose weight and get healthier so that I can live a long and happy life with my best friend and fiance :)

So today began yet another attempt at beginning to get healthy. I went to the gym and worked out on the recumbent bike for about 20 minutes. It's cool because they have little TVs on every piece of cardio equipment, so I got to watch Criminal Minds while I was working out. Yesss! Then I did 50 crunches on the workout ball thingy (does it have a technical term?). I don't know what it is about crunches, but I love doing them! Even when it starts to hurt. I guess because I know that I'm doing something right if my muscles are burning. And I like that sore feeling I get the next day, because I feel like I'm going in the right direction. I ventured over to the weights area, but only used one machine. I was very sweaty and didn't want to have to clean all the machines after only using them for 30 minutes...lazy, I guess :/ But it's a start. I then came home and made a fruit smoothie with some spinach. My mom has a "Magic Bullet"...it's not very magical, as you have to blend things basically one at a time, or nothing will blend at all. So after the 15 minutes spent on making my smoothie, it wasn't all that amazing. Better find a good recipe for next time.

About to go work an 8-hour shift, where I'm sure I'll be standing around, running around, and trying to figure out something healthy to eat on my dinner break. Maybe today will really be Day One of the new me...send good vibes my way!