And so begins the journey

Hello world!

I’ve decided that it’s time I do something about my little “weight problem”.  And this blog isn’t necessarily what’s going to help me do it, but hopefully will keep me in check!

I’m 21 years old and I feel like I’m 40.  I’m overweight and that may be the reason why I don’t want to go out and party.  This is based on a purely superficial basis of “I want to look hot!”  Yeah everyone says that you should lose weight to be healthy, but honestly?  I don’t much like myself, so why would I care if my body was healthy?  And for all you nay-sayers out there spouting off that “Even if you do get fit, that’s not going to make you happy if you don’t like yourself”, shove off.  I don’t like myself because I let myself get this way.  I blamed a lot of things on why I gained so much weight.  My parents divorce, my sister’s friend, George Bush–the truth of the matter is, I did this to me.  No one else.

Now, let’s get down to facts here.

My current weight (I’m ballparking it) is 237 lbs.  According to the BMI calculator I’m going to have to lose 100 lbs to be considered “healthy”.  And me losing 100 lbs is just silly!  Eventually that would be a nice target goal but I think I’m going to be doing a weekly blog and set a goal of something like 5 lbs a week?  Does that seem reasonable?  Oh who asked you anyway?

So, as of next Sunday I shall weigh 232 lbs.  Just watch me baby!

I’m thinking of joining a gym, though I’m afraid that I’d die of embarrassment if people saw me run on a treadmill, so we’ll have to see how that goes.

Also, I think I’ll do a mid-week blog just to check in and let you know how it’s going.

Ta-ta dearies!