The horror!!

Tonight I came to the realization that working out needs to be an everynight event, and not every other night.  Alright, who am I kidding.  It needs to change from once a week.  The change is the result of my horrific reaction to trying on a dress that I need to wear in a friend's wedding in October.  In my defense the dress runs about two sizes too small to begin with, but that's no excuse.  I have a feeling that I wouldn't have been able to fit in it pre-pregnancy either.   Which tells me all the more that I was in need of losing weight long ago.  Question:  How much weight do I need to loose in five months?   Answer:  Somewhere in the nature of 30 lbs.  That seems like so much, 30 lbs in 5 months?!  Looks like it's nothing but salads, chicken, vegetables, fruit and water for the next few months.  I have a pretty strong sweet tooth so the true testament will be if I can cut those goodies out, or at the very least cut back significantly.  I don't consider myself to gorge on food.  I don't normally go back for seconds at meals, and I typically try and eat a typical serving size.  Guess that's what age and a slow down of my metabolism.  If I can get down 30 lbs, I'll be at the weight I was when Heath and I first started dating.

We happen to have a pretty decent treadmill in the basement along with a tv so it doesn't seem like a complete chore to workout down there, but my plan is to buy a bike and alternate between the two so I don't get bored with just one option.  This way I can ride my bike around the town, which will probably take 5-10 minutes given the size of our town.  So I may ride around it a couple of times.   It may take some retraining on the ol' bike since I haven't ridden one in about 10 years.  Unfortunately, mine was stolen while it was chained to the bike rack at the dorms while I was a freshman in college.  How does one steal a chained bike you ask?  Well, the chain was actually a horseshoe lock, and the lock might have been slightly broken.  I'm sure some homeless guy is enjoying riding around Lincoln on a free bike that has a Grand Island registration sticker on it from when I was in fifth grade from the bike derby.  Thanks homeless man for contributing to my weight gain, I hope you're happy!

30 lbs in five months, wish me luck!!!