Today I put my first toe into the tepid waters of blogging once again. I've had online/web based journals before, but here I sit making a commitment to submerge entirely at some point.

I figure tracking my progress in fitness and weight loss may help keep me accountable to myself as well as the world wide web and whoever stumbles upon this blog.

So.... this is going to be a reveal all kinda thing I guess. I'm going to post pictures, document food intake, and voice my frustrations. First of all, I got this ridiculous scale yesterday that is tracking my progress. It tells me if I eat 2117 calories a day it will take me 64 weeks to reach my goal weight of 135lbs. That seems a little.... off? to me. I'm not listening to that scale. Which makes me wonder... is the BMI correct? It puts me at a 30. That puts me in the obesity category. Scary thoughts.

I know its all relative, or whatever, but I want to be healthy. I've invested in things like kombucha and herbal teas and metabolism boosting Dr Oz water concoctions and chia seeds... I've been running/biking consistently for about a week. I'm at the beginnings of my journey. But I hope documenting it will help me see the progress, assuming there will be any.

Here I go. I stepped on the scale yesterday and weighed 196.2 lbs. I am 5'7". I am 24 years old. According to that damn scale I have 40% body fat.

So there is picture number one... with a dirty mirror. My goal is to eventually lose 60 pounds!!! That is so many!!! And so daunting!!!  But I will try :)

I have a profile under Sparklefeet on myfitnesspal.com tracking my daily calories.
The goal is 1260 a day.
So far today I am good.
Also my amazing, supportive boyfriend bought me a pedometer today! It will track my steps, cals burned, and distance.

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