I'm baaaack!
Well, anyone who's been around this particular forum in the last couple months has probably seen my threads around. They usually go something like "OH GOD I'VE GAINED ___ LBS SINCE ___!!"
Well, true to form:
OH GOD I'VE GAINED 10LBS IN A MONTH.
Whoops!
I was looking at my weight chart on Dailyplate, and to say that I am disappointed in myself is a total understatement. I was weighing in at 143lbs as little as four months ago. Today I weighed in at 152lbs and nearly cried. I am, once again, wearing size 14 jeans and getting winded easily. It's sad.
The first thing I had to bring to my own attention was this: I am at fault. I moved to a different town, a different school, a different arrangement entirely where food availability is concerned. Still, I didn't adapt well at all. I didn't even try, to be honest. I've been lazing about and binge eating all summer. Gaining weight is to be expected in such situations. So, yes. My bad. Let's start over, shall we?
Problem 1: There is no longer a convenient (TWENTY FOUR HOUR!) college gym only twenty feet from my dorm in which I might workout from midnight to one in the morning (I keep strange hours.) Now there is a college gym that is seven blocks away which is only open 6am-5pm. This will not do.
Solution: Purchased a Gazelle edge for $112. It resides in my nice cool basement which is merely a few steps away and available whenever I want.
Problem 2: There is a kitchen and a fridge where once there was...a fridge-less dorm room and a cafeteria with limited hours of operation. Overeating at scheduled meals has morphed into extravagant binges to cure things like boredom, sorrow, hunger, happiness, anger, and really any emotion I happen to be feeling at the time.
Solution: My Dailyplate is being put back into use. Calorie counting is again a part of my life. I'm also tempted to put a padlock on the refrigerator door. Or something with a high voltage.
Problem 3: It's so dang hard.
Solution: Suck it up and put 3fatchicks up as your homepage.
So, there you have it. On October 4th, 2009 my weight loss journey began. Now, September 4th, 2010, it's going to start up once more after a long and foolish hiatus.
I am GOING to get there. I've printed out a 5 month calender. I will be keeping track of workouts, calories, and weigh-ins on this calender. My hope is to, at the very least, be back to 143lbs by 2011. At the very most, I'd love to be at goal (130lbs.) by New Years.
Here we go again, chickies. Here we go again.
And this time I mean it.
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