First Progress and That Dumb Little Voice

Ah, the first weigh-in! The trepidation. The anxiety. The unending fury when the scale won't calibrate the first try. But after that, oh what joy! I lost 2.4 lbs last week! Officially, my weigh-in days are set to be Mondays but I fell asleep after coming home from the gym and didn't have the energy to fight with my camera to take a results picture. The below picture is probably (hopefully) a little lighter than 218 lbs. I can sort of see a difference but that might be wishful thinking.

 

Last week I started exercising at the Employee Wellness Center on campus, which is pretty much a fancy phrase meaning "tiny weight room with too many ellipticals and not enough working treadmills". I worked out on the treadmill Thursday and Friday and would have kept going on until Saturday if they had been open, which they weren't. I have found that if I take my gym bag with me to work and go to the gym straight afterwards, I have no excuse for not going, though plenty cropped up. First, I thought I lost my ID and almost gave up after a half-hearted attempt to search my pit of a purse. Then, I didn't have a scrunchie for my hair.  That little voice kept popping up saying "well, I guess I'll just go home" but I told that voice to shut up and I went to the gym anyways. So there little voice! Take that!

In the Beginning...

I have finally switched from swing shift to days! As well as being able to go out among normal human beings from my native time zone, I feel I am ready to get back on the weight loss wagon. I've started back on Weight Watchers and made it to the gym for the first time in months. My ultimate goal is to get down to the top of my healthy BMI, which is 160 lbs. My goal is to be healthier, fitter, and stronger not necessarily skinny, though I am looking forward to wearing smaller pants.
Here's me during my first week in my workout stuff with my horrible but hilarious sunburn:

 

I hope that posting on this blog will be a way to keep me from giving up as easily as I have before and keep me accountable. As an added incentive, I've decided to put $5 aside for every pound I lose. When I hit my goal weight, I'm buying a PlayStation 3 (possibly a PlayStation 4 if this takes as long as I think). I can just see me now, fitter and playing Uncharted 3. I'm so excited!