I decided to start a new blog that would focus more on my life than just my weight loss. I’d been talking to some friends about chronicling our adventures checking out cool restaurants in Toronto and reviewing the clubs/lounges we go to, but I also wanted to incorporate my efforts in trying to live a healthy lifestyle by reviewing exercise classes I intend to try out (e.g. hot yoga, bootcamps, etc.). I started this blog as a way to be accountable with my diet and exercise plan. I was inspired by all the food blogs I was discovering to keep a photo food journal (or attempt to!) and I felt comfortable in the 3FC community to be honest about my weight and my struggles with losing it.

When you’re surrounded by thin people, it’s embarrassing to talk about your terrible eating habits. The late night sugar/carb binges, the eating out every other day and finishing the entire huge portion. I know it’s a common struggle for those of us who have gained weight, but I don’t feel it’s something that is talked about openly. That’s why I’m grateful to have discovered the 3FC community. It’s amazing reading posts on the forum where people really open up about their insecurities and realizing “OMG! I can totally relate to that!” or “I feel the exact same way!” It’s comforting to find people to relate to and who can inspire and encourage you.

I also tend to put up a very self-confident front for my friends. I remember when I first opened up to my now best friend about feeling insecure, she was surprised. But keeping up the facade has been difficult over the years as my insecurities have been eating me up. On a brighter note, the insecurities appear to be directly related to my weight, because when I lost the 10-15 lbs 2 years ago, I felt more confident for real and more energetic and stronger, and just better overall. I’ve noticed that the feeling is beginning to return as I’ve become more consistent with exercising. Must be the endorphins!

Anyway, I’ll be keeping this blog for the deeper stuff and moving the frivolity to the new blog All Angles. Give it a looksie if you’d like!

Update on last week: I did relatively well sticking to the plan. There were a couple of days of excessive sweet-eating (blame it on the TOM) and I didn’t quite stick to the running plan, but I did the swims and pilates.

I actually ended up convincing a friend to go running outside with me last week. We managed to go 2 times. We’re both pretty much beginners so it was a run/walk mixture probably around level 3 of C25k, but I gmapped it out and it turns out we did do 5k in about 40 mins. Unfortunately, we were both pretty sore the next two days and when we went again on Friday, it wasn’t quite as intense. But we were out for about an hour and added in some strength moves (walking lunges, tricep dips on a bench, 2 sets of 25 ab reps).

The weather’s been great here lately, perfect outdoor running weather. I hope it holds for this week!