Earthquakes in Indiana?!?!

So as many of you probably heard there was an earthquake yesterday in the D.C. area in the early afternoon. Well I kid you not I felt it all the way in South Bend, Indiana!!! Here's how the story goes:

• 1:55ish I was sitting at my desk and got either a) dizy and saw things swaying or b) felt an aftershock or just the rumbilings of the earthquake
• 1:58ish I went over to my friend Yuri's cube and said, and I quote "Ok I may be crazy but I think I just felt an earthquake, I promise I saw my cube swaying a little bit" Yuri's response: "Yes you are crazy, or high one or the other"
• 2:10ish a few of my other co-workers were talking about the news that DC just had an earthquake and I proceeded to tell them that "I felt it!"which is when they felt the need to call me crazy and insinuate (pat on the back to myself for using that word) that I had done some illegal activities during my lunch (in case you were wondering of course I did not!)
• 5:30ish Terry, my trainer and fellow co-worker calls me into his cube to show me his Facebook where it is asking any South Benders who felt the quake to report it, and naturally he egged me on to report it. So.....................NO DUMMIE I did not report it. 

Pretty much that is how the story goes of how I felt my first real earthquake in the mid-west :-)I'm sure some of you who are reading this may have felt the quake in your own way!

While I have been hmmming and hawwwying about which gym I want to join, whether or not I want a personal trainer for a few months to show me the correct exercises I should be doing etc. I have been reading other people's journey's to loose weight and get fit and they are so motivating and moving I can only hope to be as successful as some of the people I am following out there. One of the things I have taken away from their blogs is that you can not be afraid to get the number out there, to share before photos etc., it helps to keep yourself motivated and helps others to see what you want to reach so they can help motivate you. So with that being said I've decided to post a "fatty" picture and a "wanna-be" photo.

April 2011 - Size: 16 Weight: FAT Feeling: extremely embarrassed

November 2005 - Size: 10 Weight: 160ish Feeling: sexy and fit

Now some of you may say to your self "Terran, weighing 160 is still overweight" to which I'll respond "Now my friends, the skinniest I ever was back in the day I only weighed 155 and was a size 8 which is where I aspire to be" I was always athletic when I was younger and going away to college and binge drinking and not working out and being lazy, a fat ass, a drunkie really you can pick from any of the following caused me to GULP double my pant size over a 6 year time frame. **Can I just say I am truly embarrassed by that and really wish I had the genes my sister Brett has?? That girl can eat whatever the hell she wants and still is a little skinny mini** I really hope that I can stay dedicated to this because I want to look that sexy again for when I celebrate my quarter-century birthday next August.

I think that I am going to start seeing some negative numbers on the scale within the next few weeks. After all the above mentioned hmmmmming and hawwwwying I did finally decided that I am going to join the gym FitStop which is not the gym conveniently located across the street from my apartment. There were a few reasons why I have chosen FitStop over Anytime Fitness.

1. The classes the gym offers seem to fit both my schedule and what I want to do better than Anytime
2. One of my fellow co-workers is a certified personal trainer and has offered to help me out with some discounted sessions of personal training (bonus!!! - for those who haven't looked into it at all trainers seem to want to charge a BUTT load for sessions)
3. Knowing someone where I work out and can hold me accountable and give me a hard time for not seeing me there for a few days/weeks (which I hope is not going to be the case) will help to be a better motivator as well

So overall I am happy with my decision and can not wait till payday (Friday) to go purchase my membership so I can start getting my fat ugly ass to look like a firm cute ass! Make sure you keep checking back for more updates on my journey as well as pictures of different things: food, Brock, and most importantly how my journey is going!