Hi guys, I just need some sort of support here....
I'm sure this story has been told many times before but *sigh* here I go...
I am just finishing up my freshman year of college and my GOD have I gained weight. I am 5'8" and I think I was about 160/165 in September, and I wanted to lose weight then (about 20 lbs) and here I am, in May... I just weighed myself, granted at the end of the day, after I came home from a restaurant... but I was 196 lbs. This is seriously... BEYOND the freshman 15. And I was one of those people who SWORE I'd not gain any weight freshman year... I was convinced I would LOSE weight!
Apparently not so...
But anyway.... I go home on Monday, and as soon as I get home my mom and I are gonna go "gym shopping". We did a bit over spring break, and I'm pretty sure I am going to join one of the Gold's Gyms near my home, but there are two independent locations so I have to see which one I like better I guess. Near the beginning of this semester I was really good, and I went to the gym at school most days of the week, but with midterm stress and whatnot I totally dropped that habit, and now I end up even worse off than I started...
I think I have a bad habit of... stress eating? I guess? I mean I don't feel particulary stressed, but at the end of the day I feel like I 'deserve' that drink from starbucks or whatever. I have 4 months, or 17 weeks to hopefully lose as much weight as I can, healthily... I know they say 2 lbs a week is normal, but do you think I'd be able to lose more than that? I mean, a friend of mine I discussed this with said that at Weight Watchers meetings, they praise you if you lose 5 lbs a week. I don't know if shes exaggerating or whatever, but just curious what everyone's perspective is on that.
I know that all I really have to do is keep track of what I'm eating (I'm gonna start writing it down!) and exercise a lot. Back in my early-semester exercising days, I got a HRM and my normal exercise routine was burning about 700 calories. If I can get back up to that and keep my eating calories at 1500, I suppose the pounds will start coming off... right? Ahhh I don't know what to do! I just need to get focused and stay motivated, I guess.
Any advice or support would be GREAT!
Thanks