My Fitness Pal + Fun Countdown

My daughter and I have been trying to lose weight for a while now. It's been an uphill battle for the both us. She fortunately inherited my curves but with those curves comes the struggle of trying to not have too much of it. The perfect balance is wonderful when you're there but when you start leaning towards the wrong side it can be a landslide effect. You get too comfortable and next thing you know you're looking at yourself in the mirror wondering what the hell happened. That is where the both of us are at today. So, she's been working out everyday trying to stay motivated. She and I talked about it and she convinced me to download the "My Fitness Pal" app which I did and I invited her to be my friend. The both of us are going to urge each other every day to work out and eat right. The app actually tells you how many calories you can consume each day to reach your weight goal. It calculates your daily intake of calories and calorie burning (work outs, activities, etc...). We also downloaded a countdown app to encourage us further by setting a date of when we want to reach our goal. I'm hoping this will really work for us. I'll keep you posted of course.

Let's Make This Official

About my weight, I have gained weight steadily over the last few years and as the years roll by my dreams of seeing me, myself and I wear cute little white shorts are quickly going down the drain.  It's all my fault, really.  I just haven't had the motivation to do anything more than walk my dog daily.  (By the way, my Talon is recovering nicely although the antibiotics is making him lose his appetite.  Which is fine because he can stand to lose a little weight himself.)  Well a few months ago  I decided I needed to start getting serious about the weight loss.  And I've been successful, so I've been told but these last few days with my dog's illness and my serious allergy attacks have kept me unmotivated.  So, starting tomorrow I am going to get back on that weight loss bandwagon and I'm going to write about it.  I'll post my daily physical activities but not my diet consumption.  I'm not too fond of diets, you see.  For one, I don't think they work and for another it's just a temporary fix, for me anyways.  I'm an eater.  I love food.  Which means eating good food.  I'm not a calorie counter either so you won't be seeing any of that in my writings.  Let's see how long I can keep this up.  My posts will be on my "My Weight Loss Journey" page.  I won't torture you with before pictures but if I'm successful I might just post some after pictures.