First post!

I'm very excited to start blogging about my weight loss! I have never blogged before but I feel with this experience I wanted to have a place to keep all of my thoughts, experiences, struggles, and all that in one spot... and I felt like I was abusing Facebook with all of my posts about the gym and weight loss! So here goes nothing!

I started my journey on January 2, 2012... I know it may sound like its just a new years resolution but this is much more! I have had struggles with my weight for a very long time but when I moved to Chico in 2009 to attend Chico state I really gained most of my weight. I've started diets and exercising so many times before but for some reason a few weeks ago something just clicked in my head that made me determined to do it this time! My fiancé, jarrett, is usually the one who gets me started and then eventually we stop, but this time is different! I think it was when I was shopping for an outfit for new years eve and of course couldn't find anything I felt comfortable in. Looking at the pictures the next few days i saw how cute all my friends looked and I was just in jeans as usual. Also, with my wedding being about six months away I knew I didn't want to look like this in my wedding pictures! My fiancé and I joined a gym that week and I have been going 5 days a week for the past 3 weeks! I can say that I really do enjoy it. I love the way I feel after I work out and it keeps me from eating all of the crap I was used to eating because I don't want to ruin a good workout with bad eating habits. I have had more then I few hard days already with wanting to "cheat" but I've been fairly good. The weekends have been the hardest for eating healthy. Friday and Saturday nights we want to go out with friends and maybe have some drinks which usually leads to late night snacking.

It is going to be a challenge everyday but I am very committed to my goals and I'm not going to let one bad meal or bad choice ruin all I have worked for so far! I used to say if I messed up during the day well the day is ruined so I'll started again tomorrow or next week but no more! I will just have a good rest of the day and maybe workout a little more that day.

Anyways there is a little bit about me and what I'm trying to do! I'm hoping in the next few days to figure out the blog a little better and post my goals, long term and weekly, and weight loss!