Confessions of a Fat Girl At Heart

Truth:  I'm always going to be a fat girl at heart.  I LOVE food and I don't mean the healthy kind.  I believe that given a bag of Doritos and no one else around to see me...I could easily down the entire bag (hence the reason Doritos are banned from my house unless there is a party).  I love burgers, sodas, pizza, cheese, pasta, bread...you get the idea.  I HATE veggies!  I have developed a tenuous relationship with spinach and lettuce but that pretty much sums up the entirety of my veggie intake (unless of course you count Ketchup!). 

A little over a year ago, I decided that it was time to do something about my weight.  I was tired of not feeling good about myself, I wanted to be a better example for my kids and I realized that when my youngest child was a year old it was just too late to blame "baby weight".  So, I joined weight watchers, started working out and lost about 50 lbs.  Since that time I have gotten a little lazy.  I'm not eating all that healthy anymore (though still better), I'm not working out nearly as much and as a result I have been putting weight back on.

Losing 50 lbs was HARD work so there is just no way I am going to allow myself to get to that point again.  It's time to step up my game! I have a bachelorette party coming up, my birthday, I'm a bridesmaid in the fall (and all of the bridesmaids are bean poles), and of course the mud run...the time is NOW.   I had decided to start doing P90X videos.  I'm a goal oriented person so I thought those videos would help me get back into shape for the Mud Run (in October).  I did the mud run last year with friends (and had a blast).  I did okay and made it through the entire thing but it was also obvious to me that I need to start doing some work on my arms.  I have NO arm strength.  I was all set to start and then a friend of mine (who had done P90X) told me not to do it.  She explained that I would bulk up and I wouldn't be happy.  True...the last thing I want is bulk.  I'm just looking for definition (and weight loss obviously).

She started telling me about the Jillian Michaels Body Revolution Program that she was doing.  (Side Note:  I have a major girl crush on Jillian Michaels.  That woman is H.O.T!!, What I would not give to have her arms...sigh.).  My friend really likes the program and is getting obvious results.  I decided to check it out.  This is what the website says:

"Jillian Michaels Body Revolution has one purpose: To maximize your diet and fitness potential so you'll get dramatic results at an accelerated pace. Jillian delivers a complete set of compact, super-effective 30-minute workouts plus a healthy eating plan that will enable you to transform your entire body in just 90 days."

So...I'm going for it!  I have decided to take the plunge and do it.  My plan is to do the program and blog about it each week (on Monday).  Hopefully, this will help keep me accountable.  If I don't blog about it...it means I'm probably not doing it so I fully expect you to call me out!!!  I NEED you to call me out!!

I have ordered the complete program (Happy Birthday to me from my hubby...relax I asked for it and told him it is what I REALLY wanted).  It should be in tomorrow.  In the meantime, My friend lent me the first couple of weeks so that I could preview it and get started.  I'll let you know on Monday how I'm doing...

Yes please!!