Day 365: New Life, New Blog

Thanks to a great idea from Irene, instead of continuing on an old blog, I've started a brand new one. Which I believe is good because it's full of positive energy from the beginning. So the title, again, thanks to Irene, is Project Red Bikini. Why? Because I'm giving myself one year to get into a red bikini. Why red? Because, it's a sexy color and looks good against tan skin. Plus, fuck the always slimming choice of black. My goal is to not care about what color I wear, I will feel good in anything. So a year is quite a long time. However, in 22 years, I've managed to fail at goals like this. So what will make this year different?

To start, I've started a brand new chapter of my life. I have a real adult job and work a steady schedule for the most part. No more crazy college schedule where I spend countless hours on campus for class or studying. I can now get into a normal schedule of when I eat breakfast,

lunch, and dinner every day. One plus of I still have from college, I still live like I'm a cheap college student. So instead of going out to get lunch each day, like many people do where I work, I make my own lunch everyday. Way healthier. Second, I'm living in LA. It's full of beautiful people and actually a lot of not that attractive people. But your number of attractive people is still abnormally high. It's kind of like the fraternities and sororities from college never go away, except the people are in their 30s and 40s... but still look 20. Oh science. So, a fun trip to the beach is more like being bombarded with perfect girls all around you in little bikinis and huge boobs. That part is not fair... probably not real either. So, of course there is motivation to be a little more like that in the future. Minus the fake boobs. And third, I'm 22 years old. Enough is enough. I'm sick of saying I'll do this, tomorrow, next week, next month. Bullshit. They were all excuses. I'm doing this now, for me more than anything. I want to be completely happy with myself and be the healthiest I can possibly be. I owe it to myself.

So, today is day 365. The countdown now begins to get in a red bikini in exactly one year, on July 12th, 2011.

I don't know yet how I'll track progress. I'll probably go buy a scale regardless of how bad it is to be tied to a number. It's good to know what that number is for me. I can lie to myself all I want that I haven't gained any weight when in fact I've gained like ten pounds. So the scale isn't a sick obsession for me. It keeps me on track and doesn't let me lie to myself when I slip up.

So, in this you can expect recipes I come across that I enjoy and exercises that I find are helpful. Currently, I'm being cheap and refusing to join a gym so I must come up with exercises I can do at home.

Well, that's the first post for now. The countdown has begun!

And I know this bikini isn't red, but it's bikini inspiration nonetheless!

Now, lets just pretend that bikini is red and bam. Goal to be at in one year. Time to make it happen!