Kickstart, Whiplash, Pump It Up, It's Going Down.

Beginning tomorrow, this journey gets real again. Big time. I've been slacking over the past few weeks what with working multiple jobs, going to interviews, switching between cities, Ramsey's off hours, and writing this ridiculous research paper over break.

But as of January 8, 2012, the game gets crunk again, hardcore.

Foods:

• No more sugar drinks. Water and tea only. (Yes, that means no coffee. Yes, I'm terrified.)
• No bread. (I will be semi-lenient here. Maybe once or twice a week in healthy doses of the good-grain. We'll see)
• No fried food.
• Minimal sauce (i.e. heavy salad dressings, etc)
• Absolutely minimal starches (i.e. potatoes, rice, pasta)
• Minimal red meats.
• No/minimal refined sugar.
• AM smoothies again
• Heavy veggie intake
• More fish!

Fitness:

• Yoga on Tuesday and Thursday mornings
• Better sleep patterns
• Running minimum of 3 days a week (Monday, Wednesday, Fridays)
• More swimming, biking, and strength training.

January Goals:

• Weigh 195 on Febuary 1
• Run at least 25 miles, total.
• Run 5 miles!
• Go to yoga every Tuesday/Thursday mornings

Who's with me?! Let's get this year to a good start. I came into 2012 lighter, thinner, fitter, stronger, and happier than I went into 2011. Let's gear up to enter 2013 with tons and tons of our personal fitness goals under our belts! Let's go HARD!

P.S. One of my new incentives, I've decided, is that I'm putting up a before/during shot on March 1. Then again on May 1. I took some really attractive shots of myself in a bathing suit back when this started... I know ya'll are just DYING to see that. But that kind of vulnerability and ACCOUNTABILITY is what I gotta to do step up my game. So, get ready to see if I still look like a total fatty in a bikini, or whether or not I may stand a chance at looking beach ready by Spring break!