Hello!!!

Hello everyone!

I am super excited to start a blog to document my weight loss adventures and undertakings. First and foremost a big thank you to Leelou Blogs for this amazing blog layout! It was absolutely free!!!

For the record I absolutely hate going to the gym. To make matters worse, I love to eat. Food brings me happiness and I blame this on the way I was raised. My family is of Italian descent and the way to everyone's heart is through their tummy.

I used to be skinny, really skinny, anorexic looking even. I started gaining weight for no apparent reason in my early twenties.

Some stats:

Female, 28 yo, 5'7", 168 lbs, 30% body fat. I have been working out with a Personal Trainer at least 2 times a week (both cardio and weight training) since Sept. 2009. When I first started working out I weighed 174 lbs. and my body fat percentage was 35%. 2 months ago I weighed 163 lbs. and my BF% was 29%. I spent the last 2 months in South America on an "eat pray love" sort of adventure, thus the recent weight gain.

However, before this recent weight gain, I had been going through the so-called plateau effect: I had been able to maintain my weight, but had not been able to lose any extra pounds.

I am committed to losing 10 lbs. by the end of this year. That translates into a little over 1.5 lbs./month, which is totally attainable. I plan on doing this by continuing to go to the gym at least twice a week, watching my calorie and food intake and taking an all natural weight loss supplement.

All of my progress (and set backs) will be documented here.