HAPPY NEW YEAR Friends!!!
I need an outlet for all I’ve been doing but I wanted to make sure I was really back on the bandwagon before I got back on here J It’s been a week and I’m itching to talk about my success so here goes…
Please Lord let this continue…
Let’s go back in time to the Holidays
I got really depressed (about my body) around the holidays (everything else was wonderful). I have gained so much weight over the last year I’m not sure what I was thinking. All the things I knew better then to do: eating a lot…of bad food…late at night AND not exercising!! Come on April Floyd… The depression was causing me to resort to negative self talk again and I really really don’t want my baby girl to have all the esteem issues I have. I realized it was time to get started…
I decided to be a stereotype and start on January 1st. On January 1st I dramatically changed my eating and started C25k again. I am feeling really good!!! I haven’t missed a day of working out (I know I know…it has only been 8 days but still…I’ve been very dedicated). I can feel my healthy taste buds coming back from all the clean eating and my will power seems to be at an all-time high J YAY!
Interesting tid bit about April? My weight to size proportion has always been a little crazy; I’m hoping this means I’m packed with Muscle but anybody who has seen me try to lift weights knows I’m a big wimp J (note: my legs are crazy strong tho from all those years of dancing). Ok back to the point… I’ve always been less concerned about the actual number on the scale and more concerned with the change (preferably down) from week to week and the size clothes that I wear.
All this is setting up my full disclosure. It may embarrass some people to tell the entire internet what they weigh but I’ve got to disclose it so we I can be honest with myself and you on what my success is. OK…before I do this I have to say how disgusted I am with myself. I was 190# two years ago when I came to work here at Under Armour (I have a time stamped picture of my scale to prove it to myself). How does one gain 40# when they go to work for an athletic apparel company? UGG!!! I know my feet issues and no kitchen during the fall have contributed to it but those are just excuses. OK…that is enough beating myself up. I started to improve and have already had results so I’ll get past the past and move on to the future J
Here are my stats for January 1st:
Height: 5’5” (this obviously won’t change)
Weight: 230#
Jeans: 16R
Tops: XL (sometimes L)
UA Outerwear: NONE
UA Outerwear has been my nemesis lately. They want us all to start wearing UA winter Gear on campus but the problem is that our fit is bad. I can wear UA fleece and hoodies in an XL but the coats don’t even come close to zipping. Try being a big person on a campus that is made of 23-27 year old athletes!!! It is tough…I feel gargantuan on the regular. This is not negative self talk…this is honestly!
CHECKIN: I did my first weigh in yesterday and am happy to report a 5.5# loss (224.5#). YAY…there was definitely low hanging fruit but I’ll take it and it keeps me motivated. Just a note I will add my weight to the bottom of my signature on each day I weigh in.
FOOD: I’ll also start doing my photo food journal again J but I just decided that now and didn’t get a picture of my breakfast sandwich… It was a Fiber One English muffin and a Morning Star Veggie Sausage. I’m meeting a friend today for lunch at a Sushi restaurant so that should be pretty easy and I made spinah dip for a snack today (spinach, greek yogurt, light ranch dressing and knorr seasoning packet) to have with carrots. I’ll post pics tonight… (no idea what dinner will be)
EXERCISE: Tonight I’m heading to my Aerobics class again. I’m pretty psyched about it… Some people say it is boring but I don’t care…I love it and it makes me sweat which is all that matters at the end of the day. My metabolism is benefiting and that is all I care about. I think I fell off the wagon last time because everything just got too hard. I took the boot camp class and it was just too difficult and I felt weak. I stopped running b/c 5ks made me feel like a loser for taking so long. It is better for me to stay with basics and keep moving. J
So now you know what has been going on with me. I am back to it and happy to be!!
TTFN
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