Lets Get it Started

Well, it been just over five years since we graduated from lovely Saint Mary's College. The day I graduated I was the heaviest I have ever been, but I'm sure there are quite a few that would admitt the same thing. Senior year was a nasty year of easy classes, lots of processed food and even more beer. No wonder some of us were busting out of our graduation robes. Since then I have managed to lose and gain weight almost yearly. This year, a few of us managed to have a girls get-away to Austin over Martin Luther King weekend. When planning it, it seemed like a fantastic idea, but as the vacation came closer, I realized this was a terrible idea. We spent the last month wining and dining our waist lines away over holiday hoopla. The fact that our jeans were still able to zip was based strictly on the elasticity of the denim. There is a reason I wont even consider buying a pair of jeans that doesnt have the word "Stretch" somewhere on the tag or label. This girls weekend came so soon, and we didnt have time to "de-bloat" from the holidays. At first it was all fun and games, but after the first night of a few beers, and the next morning of groaning while trying to zip our pants, we all admitted we arent where we wish we were in the fitness department. By the end of the weekend we all decided to become active members of My Fitness Pal on our iPhones and start contibuting to blog to stay motivated. No more buying bigger sizes (unless we are pregnant) No more downed pant zippers (unless we pull them down ourselves) and No more excuses! Go Belles!