"The only way to get on your feet, is to get off your ass."

Meaning: Be assertive, you have to make it happen.

So as many of you already know, at the beginning of summer I started Weight Watchers with my mom.  I did really good all summer long, loosing weight every week and being more active.  Then school started...

When school started I started eating in the cafeteria, being more sedentary because I was studying a lot and reading, and quit tracking all my food.
   -tracking: On Weight Watchers I can eat whatever I want, but each portion size of each different food has a point value.  I'm allowed so many points a day, and a certain amount of extra points a week.
Not tracking turned out to be worse for me than I thought. I would over eat at every meal that I went to in the cafe, and every time I did it was on food that would not benefit me in any way! Over the first two weeks of school I gained six pounds back of the weight that I had worked so hard to get off.  I got back on track and lately have been loosing, I've lost about 3 of the six pounds I gained, and I'm praying it will only go down from there... But...





I realize that the only way I'm going to continue to lose weight is if I work out, and eat healthy.  


The eating healthy part is easy for me. I love vegetables and fruits (which are zero point foods, and keep me fuller, longer), and now that I've started drinking Mio, I can drink a lot more water.

The working out part though... it's not that it's hard, or that I don't want to.. because I do! I really want to be the healthiest I can be.. but I feel very self conscience in the gym working out.  A lot of the people there are muscular and fit, and everything I want to be... but I feel like I'll never be that.  Sometimes I feel like these people laugh at me when I'm there, and it's something I need to get over...


Anyways, what this is boiling down to....

I want to thank all those people that have been here for me through this crazy endeavor.  It's been a series of ups and downs, but the motivation and encouragement I have received from a variety of people has really kept me going.  The compliments help, the fact that clothes have stated fitting better helps, but its all of my friends that make me realize I really can do this for myself! Thank you everyone. <3