Let's Get Fit

Hey everyone!! I want to keep my fitness blog separate from my "everything else" blog so I can blog about my work outs and what not more often so here we are :)  I want to start my fitness journey with this blog that way you can see my progress and I can share tips and work outs that worked for me that could possibly reflect in your life as well.  So for starters I am not at the weight I want to be.  I am not comfortable in my own skin so unfortunately I am not going to share my weight or fatty heather pictures of me in revealing undergarments (I only wish I could be that brave) like most weight loss bloggers do.  However, I will tell you that I am setting my goal to lose 40lbs.  Yesterday (Sunday, July 22) was my first day to start my fitness "lifestyle" so you are actually going to be with me every step of the way or should I say every pound of the way.  So basically my plan is to watch what I eat and exercise because the only way to lose weight is to incorporate the best of both worlds.  So food wise my game plan is to not eat the bad stuff (ie. chips, candy, sweets, soda) and count my calories on the good stuff (ie. fruits, veggies, lean meats) and I'm setting my limit to 1200 calories a day (I'll explain why I chose that number in just a second).  Now on the exercise spectrum I plan on going to the gym every other day (3 days a week) and on the days that I don't visit the gym I will do things like Zumba Wii or yard work, etc. that way I am still active and burning the calories but I won't feel like such a slave to the gym and of course I will have a rest day.  I found a rockin app on my phone that will log all of my calories and exercise for the day called myfitnesspal (if you don't have a smartphone you can use www.myfitnesspal.com ) and it is absolutely FREE.  When you go to sign up it asks your height, weight, goal weight, how fast you want to lose weight, etc. and after all that is said and done it tells you how many calories you should be eating a day and that is what is going to set your limit.  So anyways ya'll that is all I really have to say at the moment.  I hope this intro was helpful in maybe jump starting your fitness "lifetstyle" and I will check in tomorrow with ya'll with more goody goody gum drop stuff.

Oh here are some pictures that scream to me "heather lose the weight" and it'll be the guide in my weight loss journey as the "before" pictures.

 maybe it's the stripes but I look huge here

 my stomach has a way of sticking out over my jeans no matter what size

check out that roll lol