After subscribing to several blogs of others who inspire me, fitness-ly speaking, I decided maybe I should be keeping a blog of my journey on the road from being overweight to living an athletic lifestyle. Yknow, a blog dedicated to my glories as well as my frustrations along this journey that is going to take a while.
In all fairness, I'm cheating. I've already lost about 35 lbs. But I'm confident that I can back-log some of my experiences and continue on from this point. I'm doing this blog not only for myself, but for anyone who may need a little extra motivation. This is a blog to say "Hey. I'm human. I struggle too. Let me tell you how I'm dealing while you work too."
I hope to look back on this and see how far I've come so that I always have a reason, even on a bad day, to be proud of myself. Because this weight loss isn't about looking great naked (though I'd be lying if I said that wasn't a motivator)...it's about confidence. It's about doing all the things I ever wanted to do and finally taking care of my body the way I should have started years ago.
Project 23 is what I call this process of self-reformation. Whenever someone used to ask me "What do you think the perfect age is?" I would always answer 23. It's just enough older than 21 to be considered a legal adult but it's still not your mid-twenties and you're limited by not being able to rent cars without an astronomical price rate. It just seemed perfect to me. So when I turned 23 on Oct 13th 2008, I vowed that my 23rd year would be my best. I vowed that I would do everything I could to get in shape and become a happier person. So here I am!
Important characters you'll meet along the way:
Shane - my personal trainer who I picked up in April 2009. He looks like Channing Tatum and makes me laugh.
Kathryn - my new roommate who's training for a half-Iron Man at the moment. Whoa.
Tara Costa - my idol from season 7 of the Biggest Loser. It's the first season I watched and I want to be friends with her in real life. She's a huge inspiration.
Ashley - a great friend who's kinda doing the same for herself while she lives in Holland with her husband. We keep each other in check via AIM and facebook.
I'm signing off my first blog with one of Tara's (and now my) favorite inspirational quote...
"They never said it would be easy. They just promised it would be worth it."
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