End of the Second Week

Well, this week was kind of a bust.

Mike decided it was party week, so we were out partying a few nights. Not to mention it was midterm and I had a strange week in clinical.

The good news is I didn't gain any weight. I stayed the same this week. I hope to start this next week off right! I need to reorganize and regroup! I'll let you know how that goes... :)

Into the Second Week

Sorry I haven't updated...

I lost four pounds last week!

Hopefully this week I can lose a couple, but it's midterm week and stress is extra high. Maybe it would be a good time to work on not eating when I'm stressed.

This week I think I'm going to work on quitting soda. I drink diet, but I think it makes me crave sweets. And I'm sure my aunt can write a book on how bad aspartame is (love you Aunt Charlene!). Anyway, it's a bad habit and I need to quit it. I also need to eat at home more, which means grocery shopping, and who has time for that? I have been making good choices at the places I go to most of the time. That's why I need to eat home, though: If I go out, I'm tempted to be bad!

I also need to get to the gym to start walking and jogging. I really think running is something I would enjoy if I could do it at length! So that's another goal: Go to the gym this weekend!

Here's a picture of me and the girls at my birthday party! I felt good that night, but when I saw this picture, I changed my mind! Pictures like these keep me motivated!

In the First Week

I'm most of the way through my first week and I have had a couple of set backs: I have been struggling in school this semester and made sure to study my rear-end off (I wish literally), and my dinners a few nights this week weren't exactly perfect. Maybe far from it.

I have come to realize that stress does trigger my eating. I received my dad's memorial video this week and while I watched it I wanted to get up and eat something like it was going to make me feel better. I didn't do it, but I seriously contemplated it. Then while I was studying I really did give in. I didn't sleep the entire night before the test and at about six in the morning, when I realized I wasn't going to sleep, I studied more. I passed the test and napped for a little bit after class, but changing my eating habits was not on my mind. And last night a friend of mine had a memorium for her brother that I attended and it consisted of a cookout...

Needless to say it's been hard, but my Aunt Charlene made me think of a good point: I can't be perfect all the time. Really, it's impossible and when I'm trying to change habits it will take time. I have had a revelation in the last couple of days and it started when I drove by Romeo's (which I do every day because it is literally two blocks from my house) and subsequently wanted it: I CANNOT have the junk I want every day or whenever I want it. Obviously my body does not tolerate it. So, in light of this I have had to fight myself to not go out to eat or grab whatever I want. Like Aunt Charlene said, it will get easier.

Thanks to all of those that are supporting me! Mike has been doing an awesome job, too! Keep the comments coming; it's nice to know I'm not talking to myself! ;)

Getting Started...Again

Well, after two years of gaining weight BACK, I am starting the journey again to lose it. Before, I had lost about 35lbs. This time I will have to lose 40lbs to get back to where I was and 15lbs after that to be at a healthy weight. I am confident I can do this.

I just turned 29. My goal is to be clinically healthy by the time I am 30. This means that I have a BMI of less than 25 (right now mine is about 34), and a waist measurement of less than 35in (mine is about 44in).

I have struggled with my weight ever since I can remember and I am truely tired of it. I am sick of feeling sloppy, fat, and gross, and at this point I disgust myself. And it doesn't help that I am around a bunch of healthy nursing students. I want to walk into a store and pull something off the rack and know I will fit into it. Also, I don't want to be preaching to patients about a healthy lifestyle when I don't practice one.

My plan is to follow a book from the Mayo Clinic called The Mayo Clinic Diet (duh!). The first two weeks is a program of starting habits and breaking habits. It requires that I eat tons of fruits and veggies, exercise more, and pay attention to the things I do while I am eating.

Tomorrow I will start. I am expecting to be starving the first few days, but hopefully I will make it through! I know I can, I just have to push through the excuses.

Please feel free to share your experiences or comment on anything! I will check in every week to share my accomplishments and struggles.