This'll be pretty simply put. I want to lose weight and this is a tool for me to do it. People can help me by commenting, giving me ideas, or whatever you feel will help.
Last Wednesday,
I spent the day at work standing there. I looked at my reflection and analyzed what I like. I like.. very little right now. I don't want to be this way anymore, I want to be thinner, happier, healthier. I want to live a long and fulfilling life. I stood there and thought on how much I hate, yes, HATE how I look. I HATE that I can't wear certain awesome clothing. I HATE that I don't do anything because it's uncomfortable. Most of all I HATE how I feel like I'm judged by others when I'm most likely not and that I won't be around for a long time if I don't get a hold on this now.
New Years
I went to a party with a bunch of friends and at one point I felt... kind of worthless. There was things said that really hurt me and I know people were drunk and I was probably being overly sensitive, but I've always been sensitive about my weight. A couple of friends came out onto the deck where I was sitting and thinking. They asked me what was going on and I told them. We talked some stuff out and I started to feel better. Later that night me and my friend Rob were talking on the deck again and he told me some things about his past. He asked me why it matters what others think. The simple answer to that is because.. I've been stupid. It doesn't matter what anyone has to say or the ideas they have about me. He then told me something that I've thought on many times. What I want for me, I have the power to attain.
This past Week (1/10 - 1/15)
This week all I've had to drink is water. And I feel kinda better for it. I did have some diet soda.. but my main reasoning for this is that Water is devoid of carbs and so much of it a day will actually increase your metabolism. It's not a huge increase, but every bit counts, right? As far as the diet soda is concerned: Water 24/7 will get boring fast and that boring has always been a problem for me. I can't stay on something if I can't find a method of keeping it interesting. So keeping this in mind. I've used diet soda to keep things interesting.
Food wise I've gone a different route. I'm avoiding my usual habits. I'm still not eating breakfast (which is a stupid Idea, I know.) But on another note I'm not eating 102384 pieces of candy, or potato chips, or any of that garbage. I've begun to eat lunch (which is where I do most of my carb load which is around 33g a day.) And dinner is a bit more conservative. I try to avoid high carb bits, and so far so good.
I've followed this up with exercise, a LOT more than I've done in the past. I do more around the house, I've cut back gaming, I do 75 crunches a night, and I'm gonna begin running more this week (using works Gym of course.)
What this means for me so far. This week I've lost 7 pounds but bare this in mind. I haven't really tried exercise wise, I've got a lot more to figure out food wise and I need to keep on water.
The Reason For This Blog
Motivation, understanding, and knowledge.
I'm hoping that by mapping out my road and path. By allowing others to comment, and by letting people see this. I'll find the help I need, people will find out that they can do this sort of thing too. And.. Well, support from friends and family is a good thing now and again.
I'll also be linking my friend Bunny too. She'll have more info about what she's hoping to achieve but by sharing in a common goal, supporting each other, and just being there. We want to accomplish something.
Thanks everyone who does read this. Feel Free to pass this all around. to anyone you feel like.
Cire
There's a lot of links that I save on my Facebook that pertains to a lot of this. Especially if you're wanting to eat healthier, I can help on that. I worked at a home where there were diabetics, high blood pressure and cholesterol, so they were on a SPECIFIC diet.
ReplyDeleteSoda accounts for a LOT of calories in your daily intake. Bored of water? Try drinking green tea or flavored water. There's a lot of things you can add to it and it'll still be 0 calories.
I feel your pain - I've been there. When I finished college a few years ago, I really let myself go and put on so much weight. It made me feel really self-conscious and I avoided doing things and wearing certain clothes because I basically felt fat and really uncomfortable in myself.
ReplyDeleteAbout May last year, I decided that it had to stop and things had to change and since then I've started eating healthily - still not excercising as much as I should but I'm trying to - but since starting, I've shed about a stone and a half and I feel so much more confident in myself for it. People have commented on the weight I've lost and it makes me feel like I've acheived something.
One of the main things that have helped me is my food diary (Yay for MSExcel!!). Everyday I record what I eat and drink and how many calories I've had - it helps me keep track of good days and bad days. I give myself the weekends off for good behaviour because I would just go stir crazy otherwise - besides, they say your body adjusts how many calories it uses based on your average intake so I figure a weekend of higher calorie intake will confuse the body!
I wish you lots of luck and will be backing you all the way. X
Thank you both of you.
ReplyDelete@Steph: Yeah. I'm not that worried about calories at the moment. It's more or less the sugar. I wanna lose a good bit of weight before I really worry about that stuff and for me the best way of doing it has always been to watch carb-o-loading. I should be good in time though. I'll prob come for advice later.
@Rae: I'd appreciate any advice you have. As far as the support goes, I really appreciate it. Thank you darling <3 I may keep a food journal.