Tired & Sore...

YAY! I nearly had a 100% 'clean' eating day! I had 2 slip ups, but did really well the rest of the day, and went walking this morning and did the DVD tonight. Also drank about 2L of water :D

The walk was pretty uneventful. I ended up getting pains in the side of my calf and knee pain, but walked throught it! I googled the calf pains to see if there were any stretches I could do. Apparently it was oxygen deprivation of my calf muscle... So if anyone knows any different, let me know!
I used a Zombie app (bit of a zombie freak here) that uses your home as base, and I'm guessing since this one doesn't talk like the Iphone one, and on your way back have to avoid zombies.

My legs hurt, my knee hurts, my hips hurt.. But I'm NOT giving up on this!!

Have showered & off to bed now. Looking forward to a brand new day :) (and Movie World on the weekends with my boyfriend - YAY!!

Night all,

Erin
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WHOA!

So, just finished my very first workout of the experiment! Jillian Michaels, and oh my god!. I'm sweating, my legs are shaking, my heart rate is up.. And the first part only took 20 minutes! I like workouts like that :)
I had to change some of the exercises. Yes Jillian, everyone can do jumping jacks, but I might take it easy on my first time, since my knees have been aching today ;). Am just about to get into my physio exercises whilst watching crappy TV, then bed!

Water intake for the day - approx 2L, but will drink more after blogging. Workout has left me thirsty!
I did *gasp* cheat today food-wise.
I know! First day.. And I've cheated all ready? But, this is a lifestyle change, not a diet.. So it will take time.. And it was my birthday cake!

I don't know if anybody is reading this.. But wow.. I'm excited for what's to come!

Goodnight, all!

Erin
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The Beginning...

Evening/morning/afternoon... To all who happen to stumble across this blog! As the name describes, this is The Great Fitness Experiment!! 

What does that mean, I hear you ask. Read along, join me on my 'journey', and you shall find out...

My name is Erin, and I'm 24 years old, as of the 14th of October. 

I still live at home (don't hate!) and have a fur baby of my very own, Max. 

I am... *sigh*... A lifetime student. Or so it feels that way. It's taken me approximately 7 years to decide on the course of my life, and I feel like I have finally reached a decision. 

I've followed numerous paths (nursing, accounting, business), have worked in numerous fields (nursing, administration, retail), and have come to the conclusion of what I want to be/do.. Are you ready..?

A police officer. 

But.. As an unfit lifetime uni student, that's not happening anytime soon, so the conclusion I have come to?

 I will be studying a Bachelor of Business over 2 years, while I kick my 102kg, 5'8 body into gear and move from morbidly obese, to fit.

I believe to lose the weight in a healthy manner, it will take approximately a year to lose the weight, and a year to get fit. I'm trying to be realistic here! This blog will be all about my journey. Something I can look back at in the future and think 'Holy Fudge, how did I get that bad!'

A little bit of background, I hear you ask? Well, OK!

I was brought up in a single parent household. My parents divorced when I was about 3, and I stayed with my Mum, a nurse, and my brother. We moved in with my grandparents for about a year, and then moved to our own place, with my older brother who has Aspergers and A.D.D.
I love my family to BITS, even if they drive me a little crazy from time to time.

This is going to be my food diary, kind of. My place to rant about anything I want to, and my place of serenity, to discuss my exercise, basically with myself, as I don't believe I will get an audience, YAY!

So, after all of that... 

Let 'The Great Exercise Experiment' begin!!!!

Erin

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