Summer Weight Loss Plan

                                      SO....

Here I am. Posting about weight loss for the summer time. How silly am I?! A million people post about it a day... 

BUT- I am doing this for me. I'm going to post this and track myself once a week throughout the summer (typical, typical, I know.) I am mainly doing this because I feel like if I post if on line in a "permanent" place, I will actually do it. I saw on Andrea's Choice that she suggests measuring in inches lost vs tracking pounds. I plan to track both. I am NOT going to do some crazy dieting program. I have a workout DVD of Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred. It's just a 20 minute workout and I'll be doing it 5 days a week (weekends off.) I maxed out at 200 lbs when my daughter was born in March 2010, and I used this DVD to get the baby weight off. Very effective! I didn't even use this 100% back then, so I can imagine the results when I do. 

EATING STYLE: I am not going to drink as much soda (I don't really drink a lot now, anyway.) I am going to cut back on my carbs. I can't totally stray from my love of pasta, but I can make some progress, haha. I really don't cook "bad" things as it is but I am not going to prepare any "special" meals for dinner. I'll just eat smaller portions.

CALCULATIONS: Everyone's body is different, embrace that! I used to have a hard time with that concept but I am so much more comfortable now that I am ACTUALLY ok with it. At my height, 5'5, with a medium frame, I should be somewhere between 127-141. I found a pretty cool formula on a web site and calculated my Body Fat Percentage, HERE. I have no clue what to set a goal for with inches so I'll just track how many I lose. With my Body Fat Percentage, I am right at the max. I plan to lose some in that area.

Now on to the specifics...

Current Weight: 145.2

Goal Weight: 135

Current:

Bust Inches: 36.5

Waist Inches: 34.5

Hip Inches: 35.5

Percent of Body Fat: 30.2%

Goal BF: 25%(+-)

Wish me LUCK!

I was planning on posting a "before" picture of myself, but when I took the picture, I couldn't bring myself to actually post it. It just looked too bad (seriously.) Hopefully I'll be posting the "after" shot soon enough. :)