...my fight with weight (and my fun new bracelet)

I have been so fortunate throughout my life to be an athlete. I was the girl who played all the sports in high school, and was even the Health and Fitness Chair for my scholarship hall in college. However, over the last few years, my exercise habits have gradually deteriorated. Working nights made it very hard for me to hit a gym, and I was always exhausted.
I hopped on the scale a couple of months ago, and saw a scary thing: 210 pounds. What?!? Now, I have never been skinny, but I'm comfortable at about 170-180 (I had abs at 160). I decided to pull myself together.
Being single makes cooking difficult...but that is for another post.
Today I shall talk about: My Jawbone UP.

find one here

Now I used to have a FitBit, and I loved that little guy, but he had a terrible habit of falling off of my scrubs pocket, and I just couldn't get the clip to latch to my bra comfortably. The UP has a few advantages (for me, at least). Definitely do some research about what fitness tracker would work best for you, but this is what I've found:

• It's water resistant (I'm a nurse, and I wash my hands ALL the time)
• It is comfortable to wear, and won't fall off without me noticing.
• The user interface is amazing
• I have a HTC One, and this is the only fitness band I've found that will sync well with it (it uses the audio jack instead of the bluetooth, which isn't as cool...but the things with bluetooth don't actually sync with my phone)
• The app syncs with all sorts of other fun apps...like MapMyFitness and MyFitnessPal. 

So, I've had this little guy for a couple of months now, and using all of the resources (and NOT by starving myself) I'm down 12 pounds so far. Woot!