The beginning of the end

So, I've decided to stop being fat and take care of my body the way it deserves. It's the beginning of the end of my chocolate addiction and my couch potato ways. I've decided to start running. I created this blog to help me keep track of my successes, challenges, goals, and life. I hope that once I can get organized, I can achieve my goals with minimal temper tantrums on my part....

I had always been skinny, all through high school my dream was to weigh 100 lbs so that I wouldn't be so darn bony, hah! Then I went to university and I gained weight, I weighed 125 lbs at the start of my second year. Then I got pregnant and blew up. When gave birth to my daughter I weighed 194 lbs, after giving birth I weighed 180. I am now down to 167, but I am so not comfortable with the way I look or feel.

After giving birth to my daughter I realized that I did not like the way my life was going. I was a university drop out with no job and a brand new baby; I realized that my daughter and I deserve better. I could see the woman that I wanted to be, but I had no idea how to get there. I wanted to be educated, professional with a secure job and a comfortable lifestyle. I wanted to be one of those crazy health nuts who runs in all types of weather and eats crunchy granola and drinks decaf espresso with breakfast in the morning. So, I began to plot and work. It's a good thing that I have an amazing and supportive boyfriend to help me with all of this, or I just might lose my mind entirely.

My first step after giving birth was to come up with a career plan. I achieved this and I am now studying to become a doctor and earning strait A's (mostly). My second goal was to quit smoking. Having achieved this goal, I now feel confident enough (or maybe just crazy enough) to tackle my next goal: weight loss.

I have calculated that to lose weight at a rate of 1 lb per week, I need to create a deficit of 500 calories per day, on average. So, I need to eat, give or take, 1390 calories per day and exercise off about 200 calories per day in order to lose weight at this rate. If I do this I will reach my goal weight of 110 lbs on May 12th, 2011. So in just over a year, if all goes well, I will be slim and fit and be a good role model for my daughter! No pressure....Well, here goes...