I'm in a glass case of emotion!
One of my goals of mine that I will NEVER be able to cross off my list is my weight loss goal. Because even when I do meet that goal, it's all about maintenance. It's taken me a long time to realize that "weightloss is a journey, not a destination". This is hard for a perfectionist (me), but often times I will slip up with my eating habits and exercise regime and I'll just say f-ck it all! But the feeling I get after a good workout, or when I slip on a new outfit and feel great in it is sooooo worth the hard work. I just need to keep that in mind always.
And after I returned home from camp I kept up my healthy eating habits and would workout 2 to 3 times a day. I was also taking diet pills at the time, which is SUPER unhealthy. I advise you to never use them - unless you want to have a stroke and die!
Weight now: 175
Now I just use motorcycle helmets to hide the fact that I'm not as fit as I used to be. Haha, just kidding (kind of). Working two jobs at two different bakeries has definitely helped me from putting weight on due to all the physical work that is involved. However, it definitely hasn't helped taking it off. I am around goodies all day long and my willpower is about as strong as a small pony.
Things I am doing to make sure that I accomplish my goals are going to the gym as often as I can, working out on my Wii Fit!, and learning more and more everyday about what it means to be healthy. I also have another reason to get fit...Maui in October! My boyfriend and I plan on going there in 10 months, and I did a little shopping on Victoria's Secret to prepare for the trip. Here is what I purchased:
Oooooweeee! I know one thing: this is going to be TUFF (that's the tought version of tough). In order to track my access, I will be updating my weight every two weeks, and showing progress pictures. Wish me luck!
Goal #2: Reach weight loss goal and maintain
In order to understand where I'm trying to get, you have to see where I came from. Cue photo montage!
Weight: 155-160
This is me in high school at a dance team performance. Back then, I felt like a heffer (which was warranted, if you look at how thin the girls next to me are). When I look at the picture now I think, "Come back to me body! Come back!"
Weight: 163-170
Freshman year of college. This is me after 9 months of eating dorm food and drinking heavily almost every night. Luckily, it was only the freshman 8 - not the usual 15.
Weight: 180-185
Sophomore year of college. I had joined a sorority, but was living out of the house at the time. I was also facing some issues with depression and a bad habit of binge eating. I look and feel yucky.
Weight: 180ish.
Summer 2006. This is me (on the left) at Camp Ojai, a weightloss camp in California. I was lucky enough to be one of the counselors at the camp, and boy did it change my life. This is at the beginning of the summer, when the change started to happen...
Weight: 165-170
And after I returned home from camp I kept up my healthy eating habits and would workout 2 to 3 times a day. I was also taking diet pills at the time, which is SUPER unhealthy. I advise you to never use them - unless you want to have a stroke and die!Weight: 160-165
Here I am again in Summer 2008 (notice the box of candy on the table). I managed to keep the weight off and continue to lose a bit more weight. But I knew I would have to go back to college soon enough...
Weight: 170ish.
Good old college drinking. That, plus all-night study sessions plus two jobs plus a passion for baking helped me pack some of the pounds back on.
Weight: 165-170
I returned to camp for a final summer as a counselor. For some reason, us counselors thought it would be fun to get fast food everynight and cheat as often as possible. Here I am with one of my bff's Peggy, and boy am I bloaty.
Weight now: 175
Now I just use motorcycle helmets to hide the fact that I'm not as fit as I used to be. Haha, just kidding (kind of). Working two jobs at two different bakeries has definitely helped me from putting weight on due to all the physical work that is involved. However, it definitely hasn't helped taking it off. I am around goodies all day long and my willpower is about as strong as a small pony.I've made more of a commitment this time to eating healthy, and I've changed a few things in my diet to make sure I acheive that. Most important of that is the fact that I don't eat meat anymore. I haven't had meat for over a year, and my body feels a lot more "pure" because of it. I also don't smell bad when I sweat anymore! I was vegan for about 6 months, but my lack of time to make sure I was getting a balanced diet caused me to gain weight...all I ate were carbs! And now I am a pescatarian, so I get my protein from seafood, tofu, tempeh, quinoa, and a billion other weird things that I have discovered since I began working at Bob's Red Mill.
Things I am doing to make sure that I accomplish my goals are going to the gym as often as I can, working out on my Wii Fit!, and learning more and more everyday about what it means to be healthy. I also have another reason to get fit...Maui in October! My boyfriend and I plan on going there in 10 months, and I did a little shopping on Victoria's Secret to prepare for the trip. Here is what I purchased:
Oooooweeee! I know one thing: this is going to be TUFF (that's the tought version of tough). In order to track my access, I will be updating my weight every two weeks, and showing progress pictures. Wish me luck!
Wait, excuse me? You want to know what my goal weight is??? Alright, I'll tell you. Here is the magic number:
158
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