And So It Begins!!!

So yesterday the Treasure Valley Weight Loss Challenge kicked off, & I officially began this journey. Of course it was tricky from the beginning. Austin & I wandered all over downtown Boise after the weigh-in which was a great start of course, but figuring out what to eat...ugh. We made a decent choice though with Mongolian BBQ & I feel good about it. Plus my friend Tait's birthday party was that night & guess how much I ate there. NADA!!! Go me! & there was cake & cookies, & cupcakes & chips & homemade root beer...& I didn't even touch it. YES!!! Okay so there's the little chronicle of my first day, now begins the photo journey, woo hoo!

I decided that I wanted to have a specific outfit for my weekly measurements, which my wonderful certified personal trainer mother is wonderful enough to do for me. I also wanted a specific outfit for my official weigh-ins. The day started with my mom informing me our scale is broken (of course) but thankfully she also has a body fat thingamajigger that measures weight as well. So without further ado & no more apologies for the scorching your eyes shall receive, here are my pictures, taken by my wonderfully supportive parents. Hahaha I just realized you can see my underwear in one of them...all well!!!

So this is my measuring outfit. It's one of Sephora's old workout suits & aside from the fact that it fits horribly (for now) I love it & it does the trick quite nicely. It probably smushes stuff a bit but since I'm using it to measure every time I figure it will still gauge the differences.

This is my lovely official weigh-in outfit. It's just a pair of my regular workout pants with the most ridiculously tight karate shirt ever. The last time I lost like ten pounds I wore this shirt & Korey could see a difference so I figured it was a good enough indicator to use.
Austin & I waiting for me to weigh in

Waiting to weigh-in

Up next!!!

My goal dress
My gorgeous new fridge full of yummy healthy goodies just for me, from my fantastic parents, yippee!!!


And now the moment I know you ALL have been waiting for. I'm hoping to figure out some better way to do this, an excel worksheet or something but for now this is as high-tech as I get.

Numbers as of Saturday, January 9, 2010

Official Weight: 238.0
Home Weight: 235.0
Body Fat %: 50.3
BMI: 39.16
Blood Pressure: 129/84
Heart Rate: 75
Neck: 15 1/8 in.
Under Chin: 9 4/8 in.
Right Arm-Flex: 14 1/8 in.
Right Arm: 13 2/8 in.
Forearm: 10 6/8 in.
Right Wrist: 6 3/8 in.
Upper Chest: 45 6/8 in.
Bust: 47 6/8 in.
Ribcage: 43 2/8 in.
Waist: 40 6/8 in.
Navel: 42 5/8 in.
Abdomen: 50 2/8 in.
Hips: 50 in.
Right Thigh: 29 3/8 in.
Right Knee: 15 6/8 in.
Right Calf: 15 6/8 in.
Right Ankle: 9 in.
Waist to Hip Circumference: 81.5%