Week Two of My Blog and Week 8 of my challenge

It is week 8 of my challenge to get fit, get healthy and keep my eye on the prize. On week 8, I am at a size 8.  Not bad since last year at the time I was busting out of my size 12's.  Even though I exercised 6 days out of 7, I kept fudging on my food. Okay it was a alot more than fudging.  Yum fudge but I digress.  Back on point.  The reason I started this blog was to pull myself out of my denial.  My mom used to say if you ate everthing that was healthy for you, you would weigh 400 lbs.  I think she may have been right.  The way this whole 90 day challenge started was that after 2 years of working out almost everyday with rest days and rest weeks I still was not at my goal.  I had lost 25lbs and gained 17lbs back.  I finally realized it was all about the food.  It didn't matter that I had stopped eating junk food, processed food, and  fried foods or that  I ate mostly veggies, complex carbs, lean protein and whole grains.  I was still not anywhere near where I wanted to be.  I found a calorie calculator and it estimated that at 1500 calories a day I could be at my goal weight by December 2010.  That seemed a real possibility to me so I set this challenge in place.  Here I am 8 weeks later into my Gap Cargo Pants size 8.  I feel great and exercising doesn't seem like such a chore because I am reaching my goals.  I am becoming leaner and stronger by the day.  I will talk about the food specifics next time.  It's yoga class tonight and I don't want to be late.  I will start posting pictures too.