Before the Pain

So, here are the stats before the pain started, along with photos. I'm telling you, if you have an aversion to fat chics, look away. I've blotted out my face because I'd like to maintain some level of anonymity here. I'm sure if someone really wanted to know who I was, they'd be able to figure it out. I mean, don't they do that sort of thing on NCIS and Law and Order?

Anyway - this is me. I realized that I don't even have any shorts to pose in. That's how far I've fallen. My summer wardrobe consists of capris and tee shirts. I'm too ashamed to show off my legs. And I won't wear tank tops in public because I think my arms are too fat.

For my readers at "Doin' It Halfway", pretend there are pictures of a chubby girl here.

Here are my measurements. I'm not so much hovering at 200 pounds like I thought. I've gained weight. But, at least it will be coming off soon!

Weight: 210.8 (yikes)
Body Fat: 45.9% (really!?)
Chest: 43" (the best part of being fat is having big boobs!)
Waist: 47.5"
Hips 49"
Right Thigh (six inches above knee): 24"
Left Thigh (six inches above knee): 24.5"
Right Arm: 13"
Left Arm: 13"

I'm kind of feeling like the people on Biggest Loser when they are surprised by the stats. I guess I am too, a little bit. I'm the biggest I've ever been, but I know what happened to get me here. And I know what I have to do to reach my goals. It won't be easy, but it has to be better than what I've been living with for the past five years.

So, hubs and I started yesterday. And I must say that I am sore all over. But, I feel good because I'm doing something to change it all.

The first workout is back and arms, then a fifteen minute workout on the abs. Oh ... my ... gosh. I couldn't finish the abs because everything else hurt so much. And sweat? Yowsers. Sweat I did. But, at least I finished the arms and back. I felt pretty proud of my chubby self to be able to get through the workout.

The second workout, which I just finished about an hour ago is called Plyometrics which is some kind of jumping and squatting form of torture. I probably made it through 75% of the workout. Sometimes, and this has happened to me in the past too, when I work my quads a lot, I get very faint and feel like I might pass out. That happened tonight. So my goal for the next time I do this workout is to be able to stay standing through the workout.

So, that's it for my first two days. Now that I've worked all of the major muscle groups, I'm pretty sure that I won't be able to chase my kids around very well tomorrow. But, at least I've started, and at least I'm still doing it. Tomorrow's another day.