Just keep moving!

I've decided as part of my blogging adventures to chronicle my never ending quest to be fit and healthy. About one month ago I purchased a body bugg. A body bugg is a device that you wear on your right arm that monitors all the calories you are burning throughout the day. (It's very oooh fancy and was pretty expensive.) I've been wearing one for about a month now, and it's been interesting. In theory, if you burn 1,000 extra calories over what you consume, you will lose 2 lbs. per week. So far I have lost 7 lbs. (but I did go to Florida during that time where I ate!) Notice the body bugg on my right arm.



Anyway, I am frustrated! I guess I just hate the way my body can fluctuate, and I hate feeling trapped sometimes. I've struggled with my weight for what seems like forever! I've been up, down, left, right and everywhere in between. And although I'm not nearly as bad as I've been, I still have a long way to go.
I know what it's like to feel morbidly obese. To not be able to fit into the white plastic picnic chairs. To sit in an airplane seat and not be able to use the tray because your stomach is in the way. To feel old before you had the chance to be young. To not be able to walk up a flight of stairs without getting winded... I am so grateful to not have those problems anymore.
I have to keep track of every calorie that I consume, and it's not as hard as it seems. My goal is to lose 30 lbs. by the time I am 30 (which is January 5th). Which incidentally will put me under 200 lbs. (a weight I haven't seen since I was 14 years old.)
I have to keep moving, I have to keep the faith and I will be a success!! It's hard, annoying, frustrating and worth it.

Today I got my flu shot and my arm is ouchy, I also voted. I love that we are able to vote, it is so incredibly important.

GO DEMOCRACY!!!