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Dear World
Hello and welcome to my attempt to drop a dress size in a little more than a month. Sounds easy? I have one word for you... COLLEGE. College, dining hall food, beer, more beer, hangovers, shitty gym, marijuana and its terrible positive affect on my appetite, etc etc.
I have terrible willpower when it comes to this. I am a size 6, I would definitely not say I'm fat. I am disappointed in my body as of late, but I'm really not fat, therefore I have TERRIBLE trouble not just saying "F THIS" after a few days of dieting. However, I refuse to be a size 8 and I am totally heading in that direction. My previously SPARKLING metabolism has totally traded in the Mustang for the old-guy Oldsmobile and I resent every minute that I can't just eat that freaking cheeseburger like I used to. Plus, I have been the same size since like, 10th grade (going on 6 years now) and I'm curious how I would look as a size 4.
I was talking to my best friend yesterday and realized that the only way I can convince myself to do this for a whole month-plus (March 21 to April 26) is to make it sort of an... experiment. My PLAN (and these plans never totally work out, but here's the ol' college try) is to write down whatever happens in my day (food/exercise related) to remind myself of all the work I already put in whenever I want to quit. Also, it'll give me a way to acknowledge my hunger and bitch about it to the world without actually having to.. bitch about it in real life. I am going to try my best NOT to let my friends know I'm watching what I eat. I'm just curious what 36 days of total health will do to my body, and I would love to look really freaking hot in a dress on the 26th.
So here are my rules for myself:
1) NO MORE THAN 1000 calories per day .. BUT fruit and veggies do not count towards this.
2) 45 minutes of cardio, 15 minutes strength training daily, except the weekends.. at first.
3) Carbs as snacks (pretzels, crackers, chips, etc etc = my downfall) ONLY on the weekends, and even then, still count towards the 1000 calorie limit.
4) REMEMBER THAT ALCOHOL = CALORIES!!!
5) No smoking (yes.. pot) except on weekends.
Some non-rules, but "guidelines" I want to follow:
1) Realize that I'm hungry, write down the time/extent of hunger (remember, I'm a scientist at heart) and PUT IT OUT OF MY MIND. I have the worst time getting my mind off my hunger once I realize it.
2) Instead of eating, do another activity that makes me happy - ie. reading, napping, going for a walk, etc etc
3) Start a "mom-file" (my mother almost compulsively cuts cool things out of magazines to save for later) of diet & exercise tips for when my workout inevitably gets boring
4) Start COOKING healthy meals. Double trouble - improve domesticity (which I suck at) AND have balanced healthy meals for me and Dad (another plus.. my dad is trying to lose weight too)
So here I am. I woke up about an hour ago, it's 11:30 and I am hungry. I'm about to go downstairs and make myself an eggwhite omelet (15 calories per egg white I think?!?) and then do some laundry and go for a walk. Wish me luck, imaginary readers.
I have terrible willpower when it comes to this. I am a size 6, I would definitely not say I'm fat. I am disappointed in my body as of late, but I'm really not fat, therefore I have TERRIBLE trouble not just saying "F THIS" after a few days of dieting. However, I refuse to be a size 8 and I am totally heading in that direction. My previously SPARKLING metabolism has totally traded in the Mustang for the old-guy Oldsmobile and I resent every minute that I can't just eat that freaking cheeseburger like I used to. Plus, I have been the same size since like, 10th grade (going on 6 years now) and I'm curious how I would look as a size 4.
I was talking to my best friend yesterday and realized that the only way I can convince myself to do this for a whole month-plus (March 21 to April 26) is to make it sort of an... experiment. My PLAN (and these plans never totally work out, but here's the ol' college try) is to write down whatever happens in my day (food/exercise related) to remind myself of all the work I already put in whenever I want to quit. Also, it'll give me a way to acknowledge my hunger and bitch about it to the world without actually having to.. bitch about it in real life. I am going to try my best NOT to let my friends know I'm watching what I eat. I'm just curious what 36 days of total health will do to my body, and I would love to look really freaking hot in a dress on the 26th.
So here are my rules for myself:
1) NO MORE THAN 1000 calories per day .. BUT fruit and veggies do not count towards this.
2) 45 minutes of cardio, 15 minutes strength training daily, except the weekends.. at first.
3) Carbs as snacks (pretzels, crackers, chips, etc etc = my downfall) ONLY on the weekends, and even then, still count towards the 1000 calorie limit.
4) REMEMBER THAT ALCOHOL = CALORIES!!!
5) No smoking (yes.. pot) except on weekends.
Some non-rules, but "guidelines" I want to follow:
1) Realize that I'm hungry, write down the time/extent of hunger (remember, I'm a scientist at heart) and PUT IT OUT OF MY MIND. I have the worst time getting my mind off my hunger once I realize it.
2) Instead of eating, do another activity that makes me happy - ie. reading, napping, going for a walk, etc etc
3) Start a "mom-file" (my mother almost compulsively cuts cool things out of magazines to save for later) of diet & exercise tips for when my workout inevitably gets boring
4) Start COOKING healthy meals. Double trouble - improve domesticity (which I suck at) AND have balanced healthy meals for me and Dad (another plus.. my dad is trying to lose weight too)
So here I am. I woke up about an hour ago, it's 11:30 and I am hungry. I'm about to go downstairs and make myself an eggwhite omelet (15 calories per egg white I think?!?) and then do some laundry and go for a walk. Wish me luck, imaginary readers.
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