Good idea?

So today I visited with one of my good friends Katie, and we both realized that we have changed a lot. 2010 was in one very vague but accurate term one helluva year for us and for most of our close friends. A lot of new things have been going on, and I've made a lot of decisions to start changing my life.

That sounds super freakin corney though. You always hear about people "wanting to change their lives." And then 6 months down the line, they revert back to their old ways. For one reason or another they gave up. But, I'm sure as hell NOT the one to judge those people. Which brings me to my point. Almost a year ago, I started working out with some friends. We would go to the school gym and basically screw around over there; we would walk the track, do the elliptical for about 30 minutes, rarely (which meant when I was okay at being ogled at by the male folk) lift weights in the weight room, or do your typical sit up and push up exercises. Now, that was all fine and dandy. Not gonna lie, it's always good to work out with your friends so that you don't feel alone in your pursuit. However, we would get to the classic brick wall. The dreaded plateau. The point where your body is pretty used to you sweating your ass off in the same way about 3-4 times/week. Your body pretty much goes into an 'f this' mode and you stop getting results. I mean, you feel productive that you actually got off your ass and did the work, but you don't get anywhere after that first month.

Well, I tried keeping up with working out through the summer and promised myself that I would get the motivation to go to the gym every other day. But, as always.. me being the nowhere near perfect person that I am slacked off and by the end of the summer, the dream was gone basically. Then came the Fall 2010 semester and me and the group of friends I had were still trying to fit in workout time. This is seeming to get highly predictable, but it didn't work out. Over winter break, it also didn't workout all that well either.

"Dramatic change of events." Actually not dramatic, but this is the transition part of the story where I tell you oh so eloquently how things have changed and are still currently changing. On March 15, 2011, I started P90X with 3 other girls. 2 of the girls are roommates and I happen to semi-live at their apartment. The other girl lives in that same apartment complex as they do. So for those who don't know about P90X, it's basically an intense home-workout plan. It has 12 DVD's of all different workouts that you do everyday for 90 days. (Power, 90 days, Extreme) Now, you may have heard about it being "super hard." You probably have heard about people doing it for 2 or 3 weeks, maybe even a month and then giving up. I am still yet to meet someone who has gone through the entire 90 days. But, that's the whole point of my story. I WANT TO FINISH THIS. I literally have NEVER done something ON MY OWN TIME, ON MY OWN WILL for 90 days. I have never committed to getting in shape. In fact, I am very much a bum, would love to sleep until 11, and am very lazy especially when it comes to unforced commitments. So, I'm committed to doing this program.

Today is Day 27 of the program. Why didn't I start at Day 1? Well, I really didn't get the idea until today while talking to Katie and just being reaffirmed that it would be good to just document the journey, and add in things that I learn. I'm currently taking a dietetics course at my university and have recently turned into a crazed label reading health nut. It's something that I'm concerned about seeing as I've been overweight since I was about 8 or 9.

I hope this is a good idea. I've had negative experiences with blogging in the past especially on social networks such as Myspace and Facebook. I mistakenly used those for diaries when I was younger and even into my early college years. But the aim of this is definitely not to tell anyone about personal issues. I mean being overweight and dealing with it is enough of a personal issue, and no one besides my good friends need to know what else goes on in my life. Also, being in college is an added stressor, and I really wouldn't want to seperate that stress from this blog. If getting in shape is hard, keeping up with school at the same time is a challenge. I want this to be an inside look with things on the side about average old me trying to get in shape and things I learn about on the way.

It's hard breaking a stigma of having a bad experience with blogging, but I am determined to make it something positive and maybe learn something new. Read, comment, follow, doesn't matter. I'm not in it for the numbers. I honestly like to create and write so that is what I'm going to do, and if 1 person likes it, that's more than enough.