This is something I've been thinking about a lot lately, but first, I want to add a disclaimer. I am going to start including a focus on losing weight in my blog posts, so if you don't want to read about that or feel it would trigger unhealthy feelings for you, please feel free to skip. Any blog title after this one with just the date in the title will be weight-loss related.
I have never been a chunky girl - growing up, I ate whatever I wanted (literally, whatever). People always said "that will catch up with you someday", but it never happened. Even throughout my four years of college, I never gained more than a few pounds at a time. In the past year or so, though, two years out of college, the pounds have been creeping on. I now weigh 15 pounds more than I did all through college and high school, and I'm at my highest weight ever. I've also been inconsistent with exercise lately, and the results are not pretty. I'm still not considered "overweight" by the BMI scale or probably, by most of the population, but I am a good 15-20 pounds heavier and a lot less fit and toned than I'd like to be.
I have have moments of attempting healthy eating in the past, but none have ever really lasted. In the past month or so, I've gotten a lot better - even counting calories, meal planning, and logging food on a regular basis, and stringing together a few good days in a row. But I haven't quite managed to get past the slips/cheat meals/cheat days and put in a consistently good week. I also haven't managed to have a consistently good week of exercise in longer than I care to admit. My excuse has been that working full-time takes up so much time, and I have so many other things to do, and life gets in the way, and... But no more excuses. So there are my first two goals: one consistent week of eating healthy (no slips or cheat meals), and one consistent week of exercise (a mix of both cardio AND strength training).
Wish me luck!
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