A bike ride

Well today I went for a bike ride to the library :D Our area is very hilly, so it was a little ... errr, interesting at times. My legs definitely are "thanking me", as one of my teachers from last semester used to say. Funny how soreness (it's not really PAIN, just soreness) should be considered thanking, but the benefits are reaped later with repeated efforts.

An interesting quote I read a while ago was along the lines of, "I work every day to look/feel this good" (I added 'feel' in there because for me, being more healthy is not solely based on looks, but also my own personal feeling of being lighter, more self-esteem, etc). Which sadly is not always true. I have a few friends who eat the junkiest food and they are still very slim. I'm chalking that one up to genetics. It can be very frustrating for me, because I love to exercise (even though I may complain[?]) and do active things. Most of these friends don't even want to exercise. And yet I'm still over 200 lbs. Argh, why?

Anyway, I keep reading that lifting weights is important for losing weight properly.  I read so many different pieces of information that it's kind of like overwhelming. Anyone got any suggestions? I don't have any equipment, but I'm not afraid to go out and buy or make some weights to use... I just don't know how to use them.

A crazy week

Not much food-wise is going on that I can report. I know there's not really an excuse for not starting the zigzagging, but at this juncture in time I don't have the opportunity to sit down and figure it all out. Why is it that I get the most motivation right when I don't have time?!

Well, in any case, my friends and I are wanting to be super active this summer. We're thinking about sailing (already done it - love love love it), yoga (not a lot of interest in that for me), there's also hula (hehe). I'm not sure yet.

Hopefully things will be back to normal next week once I'm back home!

Inspiration

Still not set up

Today I had grand plans to start off the calorie shifting. But as finals are on the horizon, I haven't had much time to do anything, much less set up a diet plan. I feel pretty bad though as I went to a fast food place, and had burgers, fries and an ice cream blended thingy. Then after that I went to Panera, had a salad and sandwich for dinner with a lemonade. I'd really like to cut more sugar out of my diet, but it keeps cropping up EVERYWHERE! Argh. Oh well - like the title of this blog is - don't look back and start again tomorrow. I'm thinking calorie shifting will have to be planned out more towards the end of this week, or wait until I get home.

Greetings and salutations

Hello everyone! A new blog is nothing new on the internet anymore but I want to establish some rules for what this is going to be...mainly for myself.

I'm here to document my weight loss. Right now I am 230 lbs. This is actually the lowest weight I've ever been. Why do I want to lose weight? A variety of reasons...

• Health. I want to just FEEL healthier and fitter. 
• Looks. Yes I am a fashion bug, and I simply want to wear clothes that I like. I'd like to wear a belt one day and have it be visible. And I love vintage styles. 
• Dance. I love swing dancing and well, as good as I am at it, I often times am self-conscious and not a lot of guys spontaneously ask me to dance. :\ 
• That kind of leads me to a last point, love. It's a little touchy subject, no? Well, I'm not saying that I want to change myself to find someone. I just want to show that I have determination, and that I am healthy, which will attract the type of people that I am attracted to as well. (Sadly, I have a penchant for tall, skinny guys. They don't usually go for us 5'6" chunky girls.) 

2. I'm also just hear to write about random frustrations, etc. I have a livejournal but I just don't feel it's as open as I want it to be. Also, the community there can scare me at times.

Anyway, if some poor soul stumbles across this, please let me know ;)
I'm going to be researching a new diet, which I think will work well for me. It's called calorie shifting. I am currently in the process of reading The Sassy Program - more later! x