Week 1

One week down, and I'm feeling great! Tonight was our first team workout. Everyone worked really hard, and Mcyveton totally pushed us. It was humbling to run on the track because I Am super-embarrassed about my weight...and everyone could see me. Totally uncomfortable. But I pushed through, knowing that each time I see those same people, I will be smaller. Fitter. Healthier. I'm looking forward to being pushed out of my comfort zone and hoping that Mcyveton works us harder than I think I can handle.

Mcyveton told me that I would be sore this week. You know what? I'd rather be sore than fat.

I'm down 6 pounds this week. That was a great step in the right direction. Healthy weight loss....sustainable weight loss...is about a pound or two per week. I know that 6 pounds is not coming off each week. I'm okay with that (mostly). This is about a lifestyle change, not a fad diet.

A huge part of the weight loss is from actually logging every single thing that I eat and drink. I'm using a tool called My Fitness Pal. I have the app on my iPhone, so I can log wherever I am. It's also available online, which is convenient when I'm at work. I can also log in to the website when i meet with Mcyveton and show him the food log to see if he has any tips or concerns. It's a fantastic tool, and I highly recommend it!

Fellow Smallest Winners, we are ON OUR WAY to our best selves! Work hard this week. Not too hard, though. I'm all about the competition, and I fully intend to win this thing!! :)

The Beginning

A few weeks ago, I decided that I would join the Stoughton YMCA's Smallest Winner competition. The Smallest Winner is the Y's take on the popular show "Biggest Loser."  It's a 12 week competition in which participants strive to lose the largest percentage of their body weight.

I'm done with my current weight, and I'm ready to start a new, healthy chapter in my life.  At nearly 6 feet tall, I've always been taller than most other women...but taller is completely different than bigger, which is what I am now. I'm done being bigger.  I'm ready to be smaller.  I'm ready to be the Smallest Winner!!

I went to the gym tonight to get my weight and measurements logged in.

It was. Not. Pretty.

However, I kept telling myself that I will never...never...see those numbers again.

Mcyveton, my team's trainer, showed me some circuit training that I can do a few times a week.  He also gave me some information about food choices and categories, as well as a food/exercise chart for each of the 12 weeks of the competition.  It's all so exciting, and I feel like I'm so ready for this!

To all of my fellow Smallest Winner competitors....it's ON!!!!  Be your best self!