Hello all and happy new year.
This year I didn't make any extravagant resolutions, and I didn't even mention weight loss, perhaps solely out of superstition. My new years resolution was to have better posture. So far, I'm doing lousy.
But before the new year began I had already started acclimating myself to a weight-loss journey. I started getting ready to do what I've tried and failed to do all my life, drop the pounds. So, to aid me in this new adventure, I've created this blog. I figure it'll help me to stay on track and keep me accountable, and hopefully inspire some more people along the way as I've been inspired by several blogs I've found lately.
So, to introduce myself--I'm 18 years old and I've always had a weight problem. I was a chubby kid, a chubby teenager, now a chubby adult. I've only got about 20/30 lbs to loose until I'm in a healthy BMI range, and for now I'm limiting my goals to that amount of weight loss so as not to become overwhelmed. I did the yo-yo diet all through high school, resorting to methods of starvation and supplements, always looking for that little magic pill that would miraculously turn me overnight into the thin, pretty girl I felt I deserved to be. I was always looking for the quick fix, no hassle, easy way out. Because of this I would starve for two weeks, lose ten pounds, gain it all back, buy diet pills and take 10 a day, lose twenty pounds, gain it all back. My biggest loss came as a result of serious narcotics abuse, landing me at my lowest weight and, of course, setting me up to fail--as soon as I came off the hard drugs I gained the weight back and then some. I got back to where I'd been in high school, when I was living at home and hovering around 195 lbs. What's worse, I went beyond that and hit 200 for the first time in my life.
So now, I can't fudge it or slack off or deny it anymore. It's time for serious weight loss. Before, with my quick-fix methods, I never learned how to develop a proper and healthy relationship with food. Now, I'm revamping my lifestyle. I'm conditioning myself to enjoy excersize and healthy foods, and cutting out the bad stuff for good. It's an uphill battle, but that burns more calories than a downhill battle so I'm on board.
My stats:
Age: 18
Weight: (approx.) 195
Height: 5'6
BMI: 31.5, within the range of obesity
Goal Weight: 150
My plan:
I'm tracking my calories on The Daily Plate, which is working really well for me. I'm trying to keep my percentages in check (fat, protein and carbs) and incorporate more fruits, veggies and whole grains and less processed foods. I'm attempting to walk 20 minutes every day with the eventual goal to run a mile, something I've never done.
I'm changing my thought process as well. I try to look at walking/jogging as a joy and a way to get my blood pumping instead of as a chore. The biggest thing for me has been reassessing how I look at food, minimizing its importance and viewing it as fuel instead of happiness, comfort or treasure. I think this is the most vital part, to make a life-long change in my relationship with nutritiously empty foods.
How about some pictures? (Warning: one undies picture. I love to share with strangers. Har har)
(left)This is me on Election Day last year. The vest makes my waist look rather slimmer than it really was. I'd estimate myself around 189-192 here.
I was around 182 here, you can tell the difference in my face but not really anywhere else. Note my Big Problem Area: upper arms. I hate them.
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And here I am at my lowest weight, 170. This was during the drug abus
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e. I want to get about 20 pounds below what I am in these last two pictures.
So I begin my journey.
(p.s. kudos to me on the confidence it takes to post a picture of me in my underwear on the internet)
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