Weight loss and Nutrition Start!

I haven't done any exercise at all in almost 2 yrs before last week. I started doing Zumba Tuesday August 6th, I weight 172lbs. I did Zumba 4 times last week plus I watched what I ate, wasn't dieting however I tried to control my portions. I can't tell you how disappointed I was when I woke up, weight myself on Saturday August 11th only to find out I had gained 5 lbs. I was up to 177 lbs! OMG how could this be I asked myself! I refuse to accept this!! I wasn't looking for a big drop but at least 1/2 pound loss to encourage me or worst case scenario nothing at all. But no, of course not, it was much worse I had gained 4 lbs! Needless to tell you this made me want to give up asap, I almost did. It takes so little for some of us humans to quit! But I didn't, instead I decided to take this stubborn body machine of mine and tune it up.

So I started remembering some of the things I had learn about nutrition in the past plus decided to spend the weekend researching and learning as much as I could about weight training, losing weight and nutrition. I decided I don't want to be skinny fat! For those of you wondering what this means is this for example in the pic below the girl is skinny but flabby, not very attractive to look at.

 In the picture above the girl on the right is super skinny but has higher body than the fit girl on the left, who is still skinny but very fit and toned and she looks 10 times healthier. That is what I want and am going to strive for. I'm not going to do crash diets for quick weight loss no excessive cardio, these two things will only defeat what my goal is. Instead I have to eat enough of the right combination of healthy carbs, protein and fats for my ideal goal weight and train hard with interval training as my cardio.
 
Some very good sites to educate and get inpiration are:

buffmother.com - I purchased the book and joined the rally room, great site. This girl has proven it can be done at any age and at any fitness level you are currently in.

bodybuilding.com - great informative advice on nutrition and training

builtlean.com - excellent site, very informative and very realistic info on here

Well that's it for this post entry. Will post the next one in a few!