Something new...

So I've been thinking about this for a while now and trying to wrap my mind around EVERYTHING that goes into being healthy and what I can write about.... And I've decided to just start using you all who read as my tools, and have you as my "workout buddies" to hold me accountable! Everyone needs a workout buddy and everyone needs someone to push them harder and past their point of giving up. I NEED THIS THE MOST!!! Who's there with me? When it comes to getting all ready to go to the gym and sweat my balls off and feel like I did a lot of work and then see NO change... I'm just not all that quick to jump to it and get myself going! It takes a LOT of effort to get me there. However, knowing how much I pay in membership fees and my new shoes, I'm a bit more geared up to at least make an appearance!

Well here it goes, my first day at the gym, I met with a trainer to have an "assessment" of where I was physically and what I wanted to accomplish while I was a member. And also to talk me into having a trainer (which I ended up doing for a few sessions) and discuss the ways to get my end result and maintain it. He weighed me... which I knew was going to be more than what I see at home, because I was fully dressed with my OLD tennis shoes on which weighed at LEAST 5lbs.... or maybe just 5oz. ... I usually weigh nude right when I wake up, to see the smallest number, OF COURSE! Doesn't everyone do that??? So when he weighed me, I contemplated shutting my eyes, but then I figured I wanted some fire under my tooshie to get me ready to workout, so I looked..... 132!!!! I have been telling myself I never want to see a 3 in my weight unless it's the LAST number in my weight. And then he checked other numbers and measurements, but the one that kept resinating in my head was 132! 132! 132! And perhaps some of you out there think, "that's not bad!"... but really on my short 5'3" frame.... it's more than it needs to be and it all shows up in my FACE, my ARMS, and my LEGS! all the places noticeable! And I naturally have a BOOTY, so its always there too.

Now what was I going to do about this weight, this number, and the new gym membership?!??! well... sign up for a trainer of course, that's why I had an assessment right? To get me talked into a trainer. At first I thought, "ugh! why did I do this?!? He's going to KILL me!" But I tell you what, having a trainer, someone waiting for you, and an appointment/set time to get myself there REALLY helped me get excited and ready for the gym! It was a great TWO sessions (that's all I wanted to do for now) and then off on my own since. I burned and ached and flat out HURT after those training sessions, which I knew was good pain, so it was well worth my time, FOR SURE. But now how do we get those results just doing things on our own?!?!?!

So that's where I am at today, and I've been going to the gym about 4-5 days a week for a month now and I feel like I have a great workout routine while I'm there, I sweat a lot... BUT I haven't felt like I'm much smaller than when I started. It's a bit depressing and frustrating, to be honest. Now it's time to change what I eat, adjust my way of eating, and get myself just HEALTHY! It's SO easy to just snack with Londyn, my little-almost-two-year-old piece of AWESOME, but it's not quite what my body needs.

Now for suggestions. Recommendations. Meal plans. Grocery lists... anything from all of you!