The Biggest Loser - The Goal

This year one of my goals is to finally become the person on the outside that I feel like on the inside. I have always wanted to be slim and stylish and athletic, but a few things hold me back. My addiction to sweets, fats, and breads stunts my dietary progress while my over-studious, sedentary lifestyle hurts my exercise routine, or lack thereof. Over the years, I have successfully lost the same 40 pounds over and over again. This year I want to change that.

Thus, I have determined that I need to eat more healthily and to exercise regularly. Of course, currently this goal is tempered by the fact that I am breastfeeding and need to keep my milk supply going up. I just need to cut out "junk food" and engage in moderately vigorous exercise for an hour a day.

In order to accomplish this goal, I need to be accountable to someone besides myself. Being accountable to myself has so far gotten me to bend the rules "just this once" about every other day. (Chocolate is my arch-nemesis!) So I have decided to make myself accountable to my readers. This is a picture of me currently (as a "before" shot).

My goal is that by 2010, I will have achieved a healthy weight for my height and body type AND that I will have good eating habits and exercise regularly. My weight loss goal is a daunting 80 pounds, but if I can lose just 2 pounds a week that is realistic in a year. We'll see.

I will report my progress every month in an e-mail with "The Biggest Loser" in the title. (My brothers can feel free to skip these posts).

If I accomplish my goal this year, I am saving up to reward myself with a new wardrobe (although I won't be able to afford much, I will need to wear clothes that fit). Every month that I lose at least 5 pounds, I will put away a certain amount toward my wardrobe savings. Months in which I lose 10 pounds will be rewarded with double the amount.