Introduction

First I want to start off with a little history. I have been battling with weight loss almost my whole life. The first diet I tried was Weight Watchers and I was in the sixth grade. I did not lose much weight on it which made me more upset and I just ended up turning to more food as my escape. When I was 15 I decided to become a vegetarian, spent my last three years of high school hoping that not eating meat would help me lose weight. Boy was I wrong. I not only did not lose anything but I ended up gaining and I started wearing nothing but hoodies in hopes of hiding my ever growing stomach. But I guess when its a 100 degree summer and you are wearing a long sleeve shirt people notice you any way.

Nearing the end of high school I had gotten food poisoning, which I think of as a good thing because if it never happened I never would have gotten my butt in gear and started to lose weight. I was sick for two whole weeks and lost about 14 pounds. Only thing I could handle was eating Jell-o. So after I got better I replaced my dinner with a cup of Jell-o. After I few months of this and finally graduating high school I was able to get out of the 200 pound range.

Then I realized I was lactose intolerant, which lead me to being a vegan. I really loved being a vegan. Since eggs and milk are found in a majority of sweets, and seeing how I had to literally stop eating all the foods that kept me from losing weight, a life as a vegan seemed all to magical. Only a few months after dropping milk and eggs from my diet I started to notice the weight melt off. In a few short months I had reached my goal weight and I was extremely happy.

But love got in the way and I went back to being a vegetarian. I am not gonna lie I loved having sweets back, but as soon as I started eating dairy I noticed my waist line started to go up....and up.....AND UP! A few short months and I was back at my pre-vegan weight. Then I got pregnant, add on another 30 pounds and you can call it a nightmare. After my son was born depression kicked in and food was the only thing that made me happy. Its been 2 years since he was born and I am officially at my heaviest.

This is me, my name is Andrea, I am 5 feet and 5 inches. I have brown curly hair and have to wear glasses to see far away. I am a stay at home mom, a single mother, and I have decided that now is the time to start getting my life back in shape. Not just for me but for my son as well. I am currently weighing in at 229.8, like I said the heaviest I have ever been. I have tried many exercises and have given up. But no more. Starting tomorrow I am going back to being a vegan and waking up early to work out. I am going to start doing P90X (hence the title of this blog).


I actually started this blog as a motivation. Every night I am going to log what I have eaten and keep track of my work outs. If I miss a work out then I skip writing in my blog. This is my motivational tool to keep me going and I am not going to give up. I want to reach my goal weight of 150 and hopefully one day fit into a single digit pair of pants. And if that means I have to repeat this work out many times then so be it I am game.

I really hope keeping a track of everything on here helps me reach my goal. And if you stumble across this blog in hopes of losing weight yourself just know that I believe in you and that we can do this together.