lochtessmonster

Sports Bras Yes please!

This will be my first 6 week challenge. Main Quest: Create healthy habits that I will be able to continue with in the long term. My Goals: Exercise 4-7 days a week (instead of being caught up in Firefly or Lost Girl marathons) Lose weight (fat), gain muscle maintain balanced, slow carb diet (no grains) Be able to run a 5-10K Life Quest: Lose 50-60 Lbs or less if muscle/toning allow Be a long-term healthy example for my kids, and one my husband will want to keep up with. Motivation: I want to be able to look in the mirror and not feel terrible about myself. I want to stop feeling like crap every morning. Stats: Height: 5'0" Weight: 158.6 Lbs. Starting Measurements: Bust: 45" (I've always been large busted, which has also been an easy excuse to cop out on exercising or running) Waist: 32" Hips: 42"

I'm Tess - at 32 years old, two kids, and falling into a sedentary lifestyle, it's time to make a serious change. Long time comic, sci-fi and fantasy fan, this site has crossed my path before. But like I said, now is when I've finally made the decision to get serious about this. I was skinny - we're talking 92 Lbs (I'm only 5'0", so that's not as bad as it sounds) - even after I had my first son, bounced right back. The second one made it a lot harder to lose the weight. And I did, for the most part. I was back down to about 105, but as a lot of other folks have experienced, as the kids get older and marriage becomes comfortable again, people gain weight. And then you find yourself working in an office where people bring in food and snacks and ply you with Rockstars all day while you sit on your ass - and you gain a little more and exercise less and less because you're caffeinated and care less than you should about it. My older son started high school this year. He's on the cross country team and one race away from going to State right now. He's totally my hero. He can go out and run 10 miles like it's nothing and has a good workout schedule. Mine, so far, has sucked for the last 7 years at least and that's sad. Suddenly I'm weighing in at 160. On a good day. It feels miserable to admit that in writing. I want my husband to be able to be proud to walk into a room with me, and to feel that way about myself again too. So, here I am ready to kick my own ass into shape.