One word....... WOW

Wow it has been a long time hasn't it? I have been extremely busy as of late, so let me update you with what has been going on. I am now in my 3rd month of Boot Camp. My brother is an instructor for the organization so we attend class together. So far, I've lost a total 42.5 lbs. That was as of last week. One of the instructors at Boot Camp actually has a goal to get me down to 50 lbs. by Christmas. I will say that Boot Camp is grueling, it's a lot of hard work. When you are as big as I am it's very hard. I thought that I couldn't continue with it but after the first month I was able to shave 5 minutes off of my mile time from my PT Test. They administer a PT test at the start and beginning of the program. I was only really able to walk a mile but now I'm able to walk and run a mile. My cardio has picked up, I have more energy. When I put my hands on my hips now I notice that my hips aren't as large. Most importantly I think I can finally go off of my high blood pressure medicine. I always thought for a really big person to lose weight that you should start off slow and easy. The only thing about that is that you get used to that kind of coddling. We as human beings normally take it easy on ourselves. With Boot Camp I'm able to physically do things that I NEVER thought I could do. That has spread into a lot of other areas in my life. I've recently gotten a promotion at work. I only make a few cents more an hour. It's nothing to write home about but I'm not unhappy about that either. I still want to pursue another profession, but for right now I will continue to work in the current position that I'm in already. School is well...okay. Government I have an A average, however we just took our final exam yesterday and I might maintain an A or A- or possibly a B+. So that is not a bad thing. I am just hoping by some stroke of luck that I pass my Math class. I DID try. I did enlist people's help when I saw that I was getting into trouble. I DID do something....but I could have done more. For me that's progress. So I just hope that what I did is enough to keep me in school for one more semester. I said a prayer, and I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed. I truly feel that Boot Camp has changed my life. I've let go of negative people in my life. I found that I'm not as socially awkward as I think I am. I'm coming out of my shell. I find that I'm becoming kind of a clothes whore too! :-) It looks like I can fit into clothes from Old Navy. They have a plus-size line and I'm really looking forward to buying clothing from them. Now if only GAP and Banana Republic would get with the program! The only draw back is that the clothes are exclusively online. So you have to pray for the best, order the clothes and try them on, and hopefully you are small enough to fit into them.

So to sum it up. I'm very excited of the improvements in my life. There are still quite a few more that need to be made as well. I'm going to start a new blog chronicles my weight loss. I just have to think of a good nick name though.

I'm off. I'm going to be attending a Yoga class later today and I need to prep for that. I need to make sure my feet look pretty and I remember long ago that you are actually supposed to be clean before you do Yoga.

Toodles!