52lbs down (pics)

Thanks, my dear! It might sound silly... but the thing I'm most proud of today is getting on that bike. I have NEVER been on a street bike before. Only a Harley. Once. When I was like... 12 years old or something. I got on it today and was nervous at first but once it didn't fall, I just held onto my friend and rode around on the back like it was nothing. It was so fun... and now I want to get my own bike this year rofl

Impressive. How are you doing it?

Basically I've been working in getting proper nutrition as well as counting calories. Lots of protein, lots of water.

I also usually do 45 minutes of weights and calisthenics 6 days a week. (day 1 arms and back, day 2 legs and butt, day 3 abs. Repeat then take an off day) I also run 3-5 days a week. That ranges anywhere from 1.5 miles to 3.7 miles but I haven't gone more than 45 minutes per run yet. I have a shin splint healing in my left leg right now so I've been taking that part easy.

Sometimes instead of running I do an hour on the stationary bike doing 9mph for 45 seconds and then as fast as I can go (usually 15.5mph now) for 15 seconds every minute the whole time besides a 5 minute steady 8mph warm up. I've thrown in tae bo, kickboxing, yoga and the biggest loser workout for the kinect randomly too.

I've slacked the last week because I had a head cold and was pretty stressed out between school crap and life crap but I've stayed under my calories still. Been walking every day and doing a few exercises but haven't really counted it since it was so slow and not more than 20 minutes.

The BIGGEST thing is staying dedicated. I have a wonderful support system so that helps a lot too. But being about to totally change my attitude in life has made the biggest difference. I'm recovering from binge eating disorder and bulimia so that's a hard part too and I'm in therapy every two weeks for that. I haven't had an issue with purging in well over a year but the binging and over eating was there till the 2nd day I started using MFP.

I push myself every day. Whether it's just working out or doing something I didn't think I could do. I want to find out what my physical and mental limits are... then get to them... then break beyond them. I figure that I'm a human being. Scuba divers are human beings. So are astronauts, Kings, Queens, theoretical physicists... they're all basically physically built with the same basic anatomy. If they can do all this cool *kitten* ****... why is it that the greater part of my (almost) 25 years on this planet have been spent on the couch? SCREW THAT! I want to do cool *kitten* **** too and there is absolutely no reason why I can't. All I have to do is dedicate myself to becoming physically and mentally fit enough to peruse and persevere any goal I have... especially those that I never once thought possible before December.