Ready for a Change

Last weekend, my friend told me about MyFitnessPal, which is an IPhone app and website, and I was instantly hooked. Based on your height, current weight, and amount of weight you want to lose, it gives you a recommendation on how many calories you should be eating a day.  There is a food diary in the app and you can even scan a bar-code of something you're eating and it will add it to your calories for the day.  I guess I didn't realize how much I was really eating - those calories add up FAST!  But the nice thing is that it's not a diet plan.  You can eat whatever you want, you just can't eat as much as you're probably used to.  And since you probably want to eat more, you will pick healthier things to fill up on!

Another cool thing is that if you burn calories by working out, it subtracts that from your calories eaten for the day, so you can eat more and still lose weight!  For example, if your recommendation is 1,500 calories/day, and you burn 500 calories by working out, then you can eat 2,000 calories that day.  Also, you can keep up with how your friends are doing with their goals if they also have MyFitnessPal accounts.








I guess a light bulb just went off in my head, and I got serious about losing the weight.  The weekly free Zumba classes my boss offers after work and the new gym membership I have also gave me the push I needed to get started. 

I have been content with my weight for a while, but I want to be happy with my weight. I want my clothes to fit without having to try and cover up some pudge here and there. I want to wear a bikini in the summer and feel confident that my body looks great. But other than that, I want to be healthy and be more aware of what I put into my body.  I'm excited to get the ball rolling!

Working Out

Last night, my boss did a free Zumba class in our building after work, and it was so fun.  It was my first Zumba experience, but it definitely won’t be my last!  My boss loves going Zumba classes, and recently she got certified as an instructor, so she is teaching classes after work to get experience.  I think that class was a great way to ease me back into regularly working out, because I felt so energized and refreshed after it was over.  This leads me to a confession…

I haven’t worked out in MONTHS.  Like more than six months at least.  I used to get these little spurts here and there where I’ll go to the gym pretty regularly, and then for no reason at all, I’ll just stop going completely.  The longer I haven’t been to the gym, the harder it is for me to motivate myself in going.  Also, living in a house, I no longer have a gym I can go to like I used to with living in an apartment complex.  Luckily, Brian was able to add me onto his plan at Bethesda Sport & Health for a good price.  I think this will give me the boost I need to get back into shape and work out regularly.   Tonight is the first night going to my new gym and I’m so excited!