starting over

Already?! I just got back into the weight loss game again but hell, it's already time to start over... Apparently my declaration of commitment was mostly an empty promise to myself. It's not that I didn't try, but I certainly didn't try hard enough. I'm finding a thousand excuses for eating crap food and too much of it... and packed on even more unnecessary, unhealthy and unwanted weight because of it. Finding excuses is not that hard, right? I'm sure we could all come up with at least a few in a heartbeat. I guess it's how you choose to act on them that makes all the difference... Well, I haven't made the best choices lately. It's time to start over - so here I am again.

And for several reasons I think it's a perfect time to start over! I've managed to resolve a work-related stressful situation that took away so much of my time and energy for the last few months. That's actually quite huge for me because I'm not very good at saying no and I don't usually stand up for myself very often. Seems like I'm finally learning... yay! And it leaves me more time and energy to put into my weight loss efforts... double yay!
Also, how can I not put some serious effort in it with this great support system around me? There's all these weight loss bloggers who are so inspiring and encouraging. And I'm fortunate enough to have people in my real life who are also actively trying to lose weight and/or get fit which is always a good thing. We're a group of about 6 people (uncle and cousins and friends) who got together the last few Sundays to go on 4 hour long bike rides. It's been fun and even though it's quite hard at times because the others from our group are guys and therefore stronger than me by nature, I really loved it so far. My bum hurts like hell every Sunday evening but hopefully this will get better with time too... :)
Back in December we all went running together and that was great too because for me it's really motivating to do stuff with others. Somehow, running has taken a back seat for all of us but it's time we get going again... Oh, and speaking of exercise: I went to my first ever Body Pump class yesterday! Again, this was because two of my cousins and my aunt go there and they loved it so much that I decided to tag along... It was tough! But so much fun too! I really like the instructor and I'm pretty sure I'll go back next Tuesday. Yay again!

So this is it then. The starting point of my weight loss journey. I weighed in today and I'm looking forward to seeing those numbers in my sidebar go down!