First weigh in.

Day #8
January 10, 2009

My first weigh in day. Not the results I was hoping for (I am not a very patient person), but I did lose a little weight. Now I am at 153.2 – almost two pounds.

I did not want to get off of the couch today. I did watch the P90X infomercial this morning and it got me somewhat motivated, but I quickly distracted myself and it was easily forgotten. I have just wanted to eat pure sugar lately, too. I don’t even care about real food – just give me straight candy. I think Christmas ruined me.

Jason left to watch some football with friends and I was home alone and figured that if I was going to work out, I would have to do it then. So, I did, at about 6pm. I did realize some more stuff tonight, though. Now that I know the routines better, I don’t have to look at the television nearly as much. I liked the countdown on the bottom before, because I found it more motivating. This time, though, I could do more if I didn’t look at the countdown. And the bonus was that when I wasn’t staring at the television, I was working harder on correcting myself and improving my form. It’s good all over. I got through a lot more tonight. I would really push myself more, too. I could feel myself start to slack and then I would try to keep telling myself that it doesn’t work if you only half do it - you have got to give it your all.

One more realization. I hung up the Steelers jeans where I exercise hoping for some motivation. I was looking at them last night for some added push. When I took them off the hanger, I noticed the tag. They are not marked as size 8, they are a 28. No wonder the fit was so off. I hate it when people try to translate inches into a size. If they would have indicated that, then I would have just bought the size in inches that fits me. Anyway, I looked back at my measurements and realized that I am a 32 waist. That means I have to lose 4 inches to get into those. Ugh.