 So this is my first blog! I set it so that anyone can read it...although I'm not sure if anyone will haha. I created this blog tho to chronicle my weight loss journey. Some background. I am 27 and 5'3 and use to weigh 300 lbs. Over the past 5 years I've slowly (and I do mean slowly) lost 80 lbs of that and currently weight 220 lbs. Yeah it was slow but I did keep it off, so I won't complain much. However I've come to a point where I want to get serious with my weight loss, and lose the remaining weight, immediately. How much do I want to lose? Good question! I guess ultimately I will be going by what I look like, rather than just the number on the scale, but I'm guessing between 125 at the lowest, to 150 at the highest, so it means I need to lose between 70 - 95 lbs. My goal date? Well right now I'm a fulltime student and will be graduating May of 2008...so that's my goal date. I have 11 months to lose what I need to. And my reward for doing so? Well besides the health benefits of course...I'm going to fly to LA for 2 weeks and just enjoy the town, enjoy the sites and of course, show off the new body! lol So how will I be achieving this? Well, I'm taking up a vegetarian diet, and cutting out "the white". That means no white flour, no white bread, no sugar, etc. I'm type 2 diabetic, so I really shouldn't be eating those things anyways because they raise my insulin levels...but I think this diet will be good for me. No I'm not just going to live off of raw veggies either! There are alot of great vegan/soy products that are out there and I'm definately going to be exploring them. So I have a party to attend this weekend, but come Monday, It's start of the new change. For exercise I plan to walk and do crunches for now...and maybe later on after I've gotten into the groove of things, I'll join a gym...but I think I'd like to drop about 25 lbs or so before I do that. So there you have it..there is the story, there is the goal, some of the motivation and how I plan to do it. Wish me luck!
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