I used to love my old blog (I’ll include the link at some point), but I thought I’d try out the new 3FC blog and see if I could make some new blog friends =)

A little bit about myself…I am 26 years old (yikes!) and just started grad school on the east coast.  When I was in undergrad, I lost 50 pounds by eating right and exercising.  I was super strict with my diet and exercise routine until I started traveling for work a few years ago…since then I have totally let myself go diet-wise, and have put back on 15 of the pounds I lost.  I know it could be worse, but I HATE not fitting into my clothes and feeling fat.  A lot of the weight I’ve put on this year, and since winter is around the corner, I’m feeling desperate to lose the weight just so I can fit into my clothes!

I feel like a real turning point for me has happened in the past week…I have been treating my body not well the past few months - not eating a lot, but not eating good foods when I do, drinking A LOT (like socially, I don’t think I have an addiction problem!), and not working out as much as I used to.  Moving to a new city that is less exercise-focused has been hard (I used to live in San Francisco where there are soo many opportunities for great activity), and I know my appearance and my well-being has suffered because of it.  I got reaallyyy sick last week and have basically been in bed for three days straight - I think my body just couldn’t take the abuse anymore.  I am ready to lose the weight the right way, stop drinking so much, and restart my previously awesome workout regime.  I would love to be buddies to anyone that needs one - I know we all need support!

Best of luck to everyone - hugs to all!

xo

Michelle

Weight today: Didn’t weigh in bc still feeling so sick..maybe 155?

Goal weight: 139 =)