My diet updates and such.

I just got back from my weekly weigh in, and I offically lost 25lbs. WOW! It feels really great to be able to say that. I LOST 25LBS. Plus it's only been 2 months, and I was able to lose that much weight.

Well it came with a lot of hard work, as a few of have noticed and commented to me is that you don't see me out as often. Very true, I had to cut my drinking to practicaly non exisitant which means no going out for me. Yes, I had to stop going out cause I'm easily tempted to down 6 beers like nothing. Unfortunately it's not like that anymore. I hung out with Anabel on Monday and i started buzzing after 1 beer. 3 beers later little old me was drunk. But that's ok, as long as I don't have that beer gut to prove that I can drink I'm alright being a lightweight.
So I've noticed a dramatic change in the way my clothes fit me. You see i'm gauging my weight by what year I wore certain jeans. I was in my 2005 jean for quite a while, but I noticed that those were starting to look loose and like I took a crap in my pants so I tried on a pair of jeans I bought on Dec. 31, 2004 and guess what... they fit! I remember the date cause I needed dark jeans for my outfit that night New Years Eve. I tried on another pair of jeans that were my all time favorite of 2004 and those fit me as well. I looked a bit sausaged into them, but they fit. I think i'll wait a couple more weeks before I give them a go ahead. My ultimate goal is my all-time favorite jeans from 2003. Almost there kids, almost there.
So 25 lbs down and I want to lost about another 40 or so. I know, I know that sounds ridiculous, it really does. But people you don't realize how much weight i gained. I gained sooooo much weight after college, I would say an easy 70lbs. I guess once I finished school, I stopped being active all together. I didn't phathom that I could actually continue playing soccer after college. I'm a moron, I know. But that's changed dramatically, I'm on the treadmill everyday (except Friday and Sundays) I find myself wanting to do more. I told my dad that I wanted to buy a mountain bike and go bike riding somewhere in the wilderness. Of course I got that crazy look from him, then he said that we should have a bike somewhere. Excellent... my next venture. Bike riding.

I want to spend my weekends outside playing sports doing things more athletic. Did you know I played soccer for 8 years? Not many people know that about me, not many see me as athletic but I actually am. I think I felt like I needed to hide it or something casue my mom always told me that sports weren't for girls, I shouldn't be playing sports instead I should study. What? Are you serious!?! I played basketball too, oddly enough I was really good but I liked soccer too much eventually focused my time on that instead. I think I just let the lazy me take over, but no more! New and Improved Val from now on.

Wow I kinda went on a tangent with this blog. I think I'm just going through this whole turning point in my life. This weigh-in (I sound like I'm on celebrity fit club or something) really meant a lot. I looked at my pics from SXSW this year and I was just utterly disgusted with the way I looked and I told myself from that moment on I was going to change, and I did. I've improved myself economically when I got a different (so much better) job, now I'm really focusing on the physical part and up next... the dreaded emotion portion. Ha I kinda rhymed.
I'll diffenetly keep posting all my weight updates, what year jeans I'm wearing and such. Maybe we can go do something, outside, where we can get a tan. Let me know!