I know, I know... I'm a newb. I'm suppose to be jumping into threads already made and not starting my own. Those are the unwritten rules of internetness. But!
I already feel at home here and I just HAD to share with everyone my epiphany this morning.
Ready?
I actually have to like... exercise.
Amazing, right? Wait wait! Don't leave me yet! Let me explain!
I have talked about needing to lose weight for years really. I was suppose to lose weight for my best friend's wedding last year, for the summer this year.. the summer before 3 summers ago... I have been saying it and saying it.
Well I finally slapped my own self across the face and told myself, "Katie. It isn't going to happen by just talking about it!"
So I said, "Self, you're right." And made myself a blog where I could hold myself accountable. I gave the blog link to all my friends and family so they would ask me about it, ask me how I was doing... make me feel like they were discussing me when I wasn't around. Basically, to make myself do well because I would be embarrassed if I didn't.
Now don't get me wrong, I have complete faith that I am actually dedicated and motivated this time. I am meeting with a personal trainer in the morning and will have 3 sessions with them a week until April!
I've been feeling so great and proud of myself for making this commitment so publicly and openly. I was all peppy as I went to the gym today...
45 seconds later as I huffed and puffed on the treadmill, I got a sense that this will not be the glorious, easy, heavenly-light cast down upon me journey that I had pictured in my head.
It wont be pretty, but this blubber will be back up on that treadmill in the morning!
You mean... I actually have to sweat?
sounds like youre making all the right choices-keep it moving and i know i'll be reading abt your success soon! 
) I know how you feel! 
I got into a habit of doing exercise DVDs that I found moderately difficult but nothing too challenging... and my weight loss slowed down dramatically. Working hard really does lead to more progress. Recently I've been doing this Jillian Michaels workout DVD, and at one point we're doing something incredibly hard after just doing something else that's incredibly hard and she says something about feeling like you're floating on air... and I want to punch her in the face. It's some sort of jumping exercise (I don't remember which) which means I feel all my flab flopping around, I'm out of breath and sweating, and here she's talking about floating on air... that b****. (I think she just needed something to blab about to fill the time.) I just remember that whenever I've felt like I'm floating on air, I probably wasn't working hard enough to make any real progress.
