Did you know..

One twelve ounce coke accounts for 45 grams of sugar... to give you a visual, imagine of taking a bottle of water and then dumping 8 teaspoons of sugar.

If you drink on average one coke a day, then you are basically consuming 1,400 calories a week, 5,600 calories a month, OR 72,800 calories a year... in layman's terms that is 20.8 pounds a year just by drinking one coke a day!

Can you guess what one of my goals is? You got it! No more pop for me!

Fun at the Park

As I mentioned earlier, today I planned on going down to the park and walk around with my baby. My friend and her little boy came with us. It is always nice to walk with a friend. We thought that one lap around the park would be about a quarter mile. We did about five or six laps then the kids played on the swings for a little while. After we were done, I drove a lap around the park and to my pleasant surprise, it's almost a half mile each lap. We walked just about three miles today! With good distraction, you don't even realize!

This is a pic of me and my daughter at the swings. (notice the Nike shoes :) ) I told my friend who took the pic not to worry about getting a great angle. This is, after all, technically a beginning "before" picture. So here I am in all my glory at the beginning of my journey. All 283 pounds of me.
My little girl is one of my inspirations this time. Between my weight and her weight and wanting me to get up and down off the floor and play and lift her... my knees have been KILLING me lately. I swear it feels like there is no cartilage left in them or something. I KNOW that the weight can't be good on them. I want to be the best I can and be able to do the things I want without a stupid thing such as weight to get in my way.
It couldn't hurt for my husband either, I'm sure. :) We have large mirror on the dresser in our bedroom. It sucks sometimes when you are laid out on the bed trying to be "romantic".. you imagine yourself as princess Leah, but when you catch a glimpse in that mirror, all you see is Jaba the Hut. Yikes! :)
The first part of our walk today my feet hurt a little. As we got toward the end, it wasn't as bad. I'm sure this journey will hurt at first, but toward the end, hopefully it won't be so bad!

Intro..

A couple of years ago I decided it was time to get in shape and lose weight. I went out to find my motivation and I found them in a brand new pair of Nike running shoes. I was totally pumped. On the way home I was thinking things like, I feel fit already! I'm totally going to be skinny because I have Nike's!
As I sat at the stoplight on the way home with my new Nike's by my side, there was an overweight woman crossing the street on the other side of the intersection. The light turned green and the woman quickly started wiggling, running for the rest of the way. I thought, MAN.. I'm glad I don't look like THAT when I run! Of course I don't.. I have my new Nike's!
As I passed the woman on the street the sun caught a shiny glint of her shoe. What was it? The Nike swoosh symbol. Dang.
It was then I realized, Even fat people have Nike's! It's what I do with them that counts. My new motivation is to blog about my journey. I weighed myself this morning at an all time high of a whopping 283. Hopefully my journey will take me to a better, smaller me.
Today, this fat person plans on taking her Nike's to the park with her daughter and walking for a while. Afterall.. Fat girls have Nike's too!