It's getting serious!

This one of those blog entries in which everyone rolls their eyes, and judges quite harshly. It's one of THOSE blog entries. You know what I'm talking about, I know you do because you've been there too. Everyone has, but I want to do something about it. It's getting serious.

I'm going to lose weight. Simple in theory, yet quite impossible in reality. After all, the majority of Americans are overweight, or so I'm sure they are, I did after all pull that figure out of my own conclusions.

I quite admire my cousin Cameron's blog.  He says what he wants, whenever he wants but in a flattering way. Way to go Cameron, I like how you are open and want to be like that too. So here it goes.

I have never considered myself to be obese or really even overweight. Sure, I could always lose a couple of pounds here and there, but who couldn't? I was actually really proud of myself because when all my other gal pals were gaining 20 pounds after marriage, I was sitting quite comfortably at 130. However, as they say, karma is a biotch. Sooner or later it caught up with me and I ended up gaining some weight. This has only been recently though and I decided that I HAD to do something about it.

When I told Tyler about my goal to not really "lose weight", but become more active and healthier, he laughed a bit and fell silent. Obviously he was lacking confidence in my motivational abilities. Here is an example of one of our conversations:

Jess- "Can I get a treadmill or maybe an elliptical off of craigslist?"

Tyler-"......."

Jess-" It wont be an expensive one, and we have room for it. I'll even save up for it by cutting back on some of the stuff I buy for myself"

Tyler-" Will you even use it?"

Jess-" Well, that's the thing, I know myself, and to be honest, I probably wont."

Tyler- *shaking his head*

Jess-" So, what if we make a deal? I agree, I don't want to invest in something that I may never use. I read in my psychology book somewhere that it takes six months to develop a habit that will really last."

Tyler- "UmHmm"

Jess-" So, what if I proved to you that I can work out at least three days a week, for 30 minutes for six months. Could I get a treadmill after that?"

Tyler-"Well, if you are already working out outside, why do you need a treadmill?"

Jess- "It's my reward system, cause then I wont be so hot always being outside."

Tyler-"Right.... but I don't think It will work."

So far, I have been either cycling, walking or swimming for three days a week for 5 weeks and the results you say?

I've gained pounds, yup that's right. My mom says that it's muscle, which may be true, but maybe just a little bit of lbs? If anyone knows me, they know that I HATE, I HATE, I HATE working out yet I still insist on walking in the hot sun until I feel like regurgitating my lunch only for my body to keep every measly calorie of it and gain weight.

But I'm not giving up, so those of you that have read this and thought, "Like this will last...", you are all wrong. I'm going to prove that a girl with absolutely no interest in sports and gets nauseous at the thought of exercising, can get out there and do it!