Acting on some good advice

Last night I was IMing with my cousin who's in pretty good shape (due to collegiate volleyball) I know that my older cousin (who is her coach) definitely keeps them on a good regime. So I asked her how to lose some weight. Her very enlightened advice was:

"Get chyo ass on a treadmill. cardio."

So, today I did just that. 30 minutes on the elliptical, 30 minutes on the bike and 15 on the treadmill walking for a cooldown. To be fair, I did it yesterday too, but It just made me realize that I can't be afraid of the wellness center forever.

My gym-fears are starting to get a little better. I saw one of my friends there today and she was very amiable and definitely didn't react the way people do in my irrational fantasies. She mostly acted as though we'd run into each other in the hallway even though I was on an exercise bike. It was actually kind of awesome. Super-thanks to that friend!

Super-thanks to one of my closest friends for actually asking if we could start working out together. It would be totally awesome to have a workout buddy a few days a week. She couldn't come with me today but we'll come up with a time :)

I have been doing a lot better with food. I think just seeing how much weight I was gaining in a week with my bad habits really helped me figure it out. I'll probably have a lot more slip-ups, but I think I can safely say I'm ready to do this for real.