Back Again
Hello again! It's been a while since I've been on here. Mainly because of life's ups and downs. I've been feeling really low about myself and decided I needed to change. Hopefully it takes, or more like hopefully I'm ready to sustain change.
What's changed for me? I'm at a professional part in my life where I've been feeling stagnant and want more or change or both. And personally, I got to the point where I got too comfortable and just stopped focusing on my health goals/gains cause my partner was okay with me the way I was/am. Which, I know, is super awesome and fortunate but I didn't like the run down and weighed down feeling I had when literally and figuratively.
So, for the last few months, I've been doing a dietbet, which I'm not great at. I feel like I always get close to my goal but never get there, which would've made me feel down in the past. But now, I just take it and move onto the next month and hope I make it then.
Along with the dietbet, in an effort to eat better, I have started weight watchers. I had been on it before, but I felt like I wasn't really ready to commit to the changes like I have been the last few months. I still have bad cheat days but I don't punish or shame myself like I use to. I own it, despite how many points it may cost me. I know I can do better and have done better and I'm not guilting myself about everything I eat.
I've also done a bit more cooking in my life. I could cook before, but I kept it basic and it made it monotonous. So now, I'm using the weight watchers recipes and the app Mealime, which has different recipes and I can tailor my food preferences on there when I'm at the grocery store. I really like the app cause it builds me a shopping list. And, knowing me, I'd forget if it weren't on my phone or some list written down. And I meal prep a go bag for the day and write down what I have planned for a meal and snack. It's keeping me from always reaching for tater tots and chips and the likes.
And along with the better diet. I'm slowly getting back into working out. I go to the gym and lift cause my heart is in weight lifting. I love a good pump. But I'm not a cardio girl, so I'm back to Les Mills! I decided to get Les Mills on Demand. I loved BodyCombat and BodyPump and on demands gives me a change up in the routines I've had on DVDs when I can't get into a class. And since I have on demand, I am exposed to more programs. I tried Sh'bam tonight. I already knew, I'm not cool enough for the hip hop I did tonight, but it was still fun. I moved. I sweated out some of the McDonald's I ate today. And I had fun, feeling uncoordinated but I didn't stop trying.
So here are some numbers for you. As embarrassing as they are, I gotta show my start some where.
Starting Weight: 150.0 (May 28, 2019)
Last Weigh-in: 138.4 (August 30, 2019)
For my next diet bet weigh in on September 28th I need to be at 135.8. It's a little under three pounds in about 3 weeks or so. I think if I bear down this round, I can do it. I did it the first round and that was just focusing on diet. I'll keep ya updated.
XOXO
What's changed for me? I'm at a professional part in my life where I've been feeling stagnant and want more or change or both. And personally, I got to the point where I got too comfortable and just stopped focusing on my health goals/gains cause my partner was okay with me the way I was/am. Which, I know, is super awesome and fortunate but I didn't like the run down and weighed down feeling I had when literally and figuratively.
So, for the last few months, I've been doing a dietbet, which I'm not great at. I feel like I always get close to my goal but never get there, which would've made me feel down in the past. But now, I just take it and move onto the next month and hope I make it then.
Along with the dietbet, in an effort to eat better, I have started weight watchers. I had been on it before, but I felt like I wasn't really ready to commit to the changes like I have been the last few months. I still have bad cheat days but I don't punish or shame myself like I use to. I own it, despite how many points it may cost me. I know I can do better and have done better and I'm not guilting myself about everything I eat.
I've also done a bit more cooking in my life. I could cook before, but I kept it basic and it made it monotonous. So now, I'm using the weight watchers recipes and the app Mealime, which has different recipes and I can tailor my food preferences on there when I'm at the grocery store. I really like the app cause it builds me a shopping list. And, knowing me, I'd forget if it weren't on my phone or some list written down. And I meal prep a go bag for the day and write down what I have planned for a meal and snack. It's keeping me from always reaching for tater tots and chips and the likes.
And along with the better diet. I'm slowly getting back into working out. I go to the gym and lift cause my heart is in weight lifting. I love a good pump. But I'm not a cardio girl, so I'm back to Les Mills! I decided to get Les Mills on Demand. I loved BodyCombat and BodyPump and on demands gives me a change up in the routines I've had on DVDs when I can't get into a class. And since I have on demand, I am exposed to more programs. I tried Sh'bam tonight. I already knew, I'm not cool enough for the hip hop I did tonight, but it was still fun. I moved. I sweated out some of the McDonald's I ate today. And I had fun, feeling uncoordinated but I didn't stop trying.
So here are some numbers for you. As embarrassing as they are, I gotta show my start some where.
Starting Weight: 150.0 (May 28, 2019)
Last Weigh-in: 138.4 (August 30, 2019)
For my next diet bet weigh in on September 28th I need to be at 135.8. It's a little under three pounds in about 3 weeks or so. I think if I bear down this round, I can do it. I did it the first round and that was just focusing on diet. I'll keep ya updated.
XOXO
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