The first health babble

I found myself looking for and at weight loss blogs in the last week. I also found myself mad a lot last week. I've been mad at work, church and myself. I know that when I workout I healthfully work off some of that anger and just generally feel better. I also have been feeling bad about my body. I have a roll of fat under my boobs. I thought I got rid of that last year! How did that happen? Oh yeah, I weight 222.8 pounds and that's where I seem to be gaining. Well, there and my boobs, which means my bras aren't fitting right either. Do you know how expensive bras are?! I really don't want to buy new ones. For now the ones I have will work, but if I don't take care of this then I will need new bras. Also, as I was researching some stuff for this post (like healthy BMI) I found out that my BMI is now 30.3. Did you know that you're considered OBESE at 30? A couple of years ago I weighted more than I do now and I managed to avoid knowing I was considered OBESE for my height (6'0") and weight (222.8). That just MUST change.

Anyway, in my quest for a good weight loss blog I came across Tales from the Scales. I must have found it on Thursday because the first post I read was Thea Thursdays -- Anchoring. It caught my attention. I didn't have time to delve too far in (I was at work), so I printed that weeks and the three prior weeks to look at later.

Last week I found out my sister is doing Weight Watchers online with a friend of hers and she really likes it. So, I started thinking about joining and today I found myself alone at home, my husband gone for a couple hours and me with nothing to do (but avoid housework). So, I thought some more about weight loss and figured that if I had a blog to record my ups and downs on I might stick with it longer than two days. I guess we'll find out. So, I came up with a name for my new blog and started thinking about my first post. I pulled out my print outs of Thea Thursdays and read through them and jotted down my answers.

Anyway, here I am 29 years old, 6'0" tall, 222.8 pounds with a BMI of 30.3. My first goal is in the sidebar to the right. I want to weigh 220 pounds by Nov 3, 2007. I think that is very doable. And my answers for the Thea Thursdays are going help me on the way. They also have something going on called the "Look Great in 2008 Challenge". I haven't looked at it yet and DH wants to go out furniture shopping yet tonight and I do too. So, that will have to wait until later. Here are my Thea Thursday answers:

Thea Thursdays - Winning Outcomes
I will eat healthy and stay within my calorie or ww point guidelines, whichever I end up doing. I will get my daily five of fruits/veggies in four or more days a week. I will drink 14 cups of water a day. I will lose 2.8 pounds (weigh 220) by Nov 3.

Thea Thursdays -- Empowering Beliefs
I will succeed on this journey because I like to enter things into the computer. I like to track my progress. I like to see my progress on a graph, with the line slowly going in a downward direction. I deserve the downward graph. I deserve a body that is in shape. I deserve to be healthy. I deserve a able to have a healthy pregnancy when that time comes.

Thea Thursdays -- Anchoring
My anchor is my engagement ring. When I was engaged I was doing what most girls do, losing weight to fit into my wedding dress. I found out a week before the wedding I lost too much weight and my dress was too big, I needed a smaller size! And I thought that I hadn't lost enough! So, when I'm facing a difficult decision about food or exercising, I'll touch my engagement ring and remember that I am capable of making good decisions about my health.

Right now I'm not sure what my blogging schedule will be. I do need to come up with one so I will be accountable. Hopefully, I'll have time later tonight or tomorrow to check out the challenge and Weight Watchers Online.