Lose the Dough

I read carrots n cake's blog on a regular basis, actually, make that religiously! I read a lot of blogs religiously, she just struck me as like, Oh, I totally get what it's like! I don't like to deprive myself of foods, but alas, I am a flexitarian (I know this word exists!) See!

Originally I was just saying i was a vegetarian, or even a pescetarian, but that wasn't being true to myself. i eat mostly just plant based diet with fish. But every now and then I'll just buck up and eat some meat. I don't have a problem with meat, but I find my cholesterol does drop when I eliminate it from my diet, not working out, but eliminating meat. Go figure!

Anyway Tina shares what she eats on a pretty regular basis, and I can appreciate it because she also eats sweets. I love my sweets! But to maintain my goal for 2010, I do want to cut back on always having to have something sweet after every meal. Then Tina decides to do this challenge, and I thought, this is so SUITABLE for me.

I'm loving it. i'm turning 30 this summer. and it just so happens that I'm also getting married in the fall, and I absolutely have to maintain my size or be smaller in order to make sure the dress fits perfectly. Isn't that a crazy amount of pressure? the lady at the dress shop said I was a PERFECT size 6. I almost cringed in a good and bad way, like awesome i actually fit in a size 6, but seriously you want to put that kind of pressure on me?!

Truly, I want to feel really good for turning 30. I want to be in shape, and be happy with how I look. each year, I do, in fact, get happier about my body. But i'm not there yet.

Now, I'm not about to count calories, that's just not me. But I think know I need a game plan.

first, I'm going to put my measurements up here, this is solely for me and my motivations only. I'm not putting them up here to get people to say nice things, or even bad things. I just want them out there so that I know what I have to work towards.

January 2010:

• Weight: 132 pounds
• Bust: 35 inches
  
• Waist: 27 1/2 inches
• Abdomen: 31 inches
• Hips: 38 inches

 I will start writing my fitness goals over the next couple days. I will be starting this on January 23rd, exactly 6 months from my 30th birthday. and I've been really stoked about turning 30 for the past couple years! it's all good!