Hello,
I am Allison... or Ali as I do often refer to myself in the third person. I am a lot of things. I am a woman. I am single, I am a cat lover and I am overweight.... gee I sound like a real winner. HAHA. seriously...keep reading.
But I am a winner. I am a hard worker, and a good person... and more determined now than ever to really make some changes in my life. I have amazing friends and family... which is really what is most important in life anyway. They support me, and I am going to put this out there into the Internet realm for Anonymous support or criticism... depending on how much I update, I am sure.
I have no idea how much I am actually going to accomplish by starting this blog, but I have to try. It is worth my health and my life. Monday April 1st 2013 I am starting a lifestyle challenge called the Game On Diet.
Part of the diet requires that I journal for at least 20 minutes a day... a reflection really, and I figured I could share my insight ( or funny stories of me falling off the treadmill at the gym) to keep people interested and to chronicle my time in pursuit of a healthy lifestyle
I have never tried this specific diet but I have tried many others. This one seems to get to the root of my problem which is my lifestyle choices, and the poor choices that I seem to have made. I fully intend to discuss other life choices other than diet. I am currently entering the dating world again ( my success is yet to be determined) and I volunteer at my church. I am constantly over-extending myself and very rarely make time for myself, I also am trying to take some strain off my monthly budget and get rid of all debt so this blog is going to be my self induced introspective time to help myself remember these goals.
I have been doing lots of research and I am seriously debating a vegetarian/vegan/vegetable forward diet to help me in my quest... which does include losing weight, but also to keep my health in tact and avoid all the medical issues that run rampant in my family. Heart Disease, Cancer, Diabetes and Obesity. These are things I really want to avoid. I am still in transition so I fully intend to try to incorporate vegan friendly ideals into my diet, and hopefully I will stop craving meat and other products that cause harm to animals. I watched the film Vegucated and I am interested to see if I too could do that 28 day change. Since I am doing the game on diet for the month of April, I may save that challenge for another month, but it is something that is on the back burner of my brain.
I do my first official weigh in on Sunday, and start the diet on Monday. Don't tell, but I have been trying to be healthy this week and start my good habits early. I Started at 166 pounds at 5 foot 3 inches, A BMI of 29 ( which is pretty much the highest BMI you can be in the "Overweight" category before you spill into the "OBESE" category). That being said, after Monday - Wednesday of eating healthy, drinking water, and going to the gym I am already down to 163... most of which might be water weight, but my BMI is now 28.9... which is not a huge jump, but it makes me excited. I am going to hold myself accountable. Feel free to hold me accountable too. I will try to do another post before Monday but if not I will be posting each and every day after then, so you will probably get sick of me. I may try to put up a picture or two as well.
Wish me luck, and without further ado...ahem...GAME ON KIDS!!!!
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