Now, when I say eat my feelings, we're talking big time. The kind of emotional eating that has you ending the night with a ginormous food baby gut on the couch while binge watching Netflix.
The kind when you wake up feeling like you downed a couple bottles of vodka only to walk into the living room and kitchen to find that it was actually just the entire contents of your pantry and fridge. Whew. Not an alcoholic. I'm good, right?
But, wait, doesn't that just make me a foodaholic instead?
Well, this is my form of drunkenness...Whipping up a bowl of brownie batter and eating 1/2 of it before it even makes it to the oven. Going to the dollar store and loading up on all my favorite candy bars and eating ALL of them in ONE NIGHT. Making homemade nacho cheese dip and shoving it in my face by dipping 3 giant mounds of bread in it. Destroying a gallon of chocolate ice cream on my own within a few days. You get the idea...I like food.
If I'm happy, I eat. If I'm sad, I eat. If I'm excited, I eat. If I'm celebrating, I eat. If I'm mourning, I eat. Okay, okay, I clearly like to eat. I think I'm painting a pretty clear picture here.
Now what am I going to do about it?
Well, here's where YOU come into play. I need help. I need to be accountable for all this abuse my poor body is receiving. And...
I. NEED. TO. LOSE. WEIGHT.
My fat pants? Yeah, those are now my "maybe some day I'll fit into those again" pants. It's THAT bad. We've gotten to THIS level.
Last year I was in the 180s and now I'm around 210lbs. Yup. The AWESOME 200s. Aren't they the best? GRR. I'm 5'6 and I've always weighed more than I look, but this is just too much. I was 215 when I went into the hospital to have my last baby and now I'm that same weight again and not a baby in sight? NOT COOL.
My ultimate goal would be to weigh around 150lbs, but REALISTICALLY speaking, I would like to be in the 170s. Believe it or not, when I'm 170lbs, I'm around a size 8 or 9 which is fantastic for me. I don't want to be a stick. I want to keep my curves, but right now I'm looking like a big lumpy sack of muffin top lard. So let's change that, yes?
Here are my initial goals which will be starting on Monday, July 6, 2015--
- NO FAST FOOD FOR THE MONTH OF JULY
- Exercise (walk, run, yoga, etc) at least 3-5 times a week for at least 30 minutes
- Run at least ONE race per month. I've run races in April, May, and June so far. Hopefully I can find a July race, but if I can't, I'll pick up again in August.
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So here's what I'm going to do.
Every MONDAY morning, I will take a photo of my scale and post it on the blog. I'll let you know how the previous week went and if I totally failed or kinda sorta succeeded.
EVERY MONDAY- I will start a new challenge for that week. Examples are "do yoga 3 days this week" or "no processed food this week" or "no bread/carbs this week."
I would love any words of advice or encouragement as I go along this journey. Feel free to comment or email me if you want to talk to me about it.
It's time for a change. I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired and fat.
ARE YOU FEELING LIKE ME, TOO? Talk to me! We can help each other!
LET'S DO THIS!
SI, SE PUEDE!!!
Your about page sounds a lot like me. I too eat my feelings, Goal weight 150 but look pretty darn good at 170. I've changed my mind set to getting healthy and if losing weight happens great. Deprivation has never worked for me. My advice, don't let all or nothing ruin a "not so perfect" week. And don't just judge progress by the numbers on that scale, take body measurements as well. Sometimes the scale goes up and the inches go down. Best of luck to you.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm very very familiar with failing during a new challenge! I know it'll happen and the scale will go up and down, but at least I'm prepared! I hope you can achieve your goals, too!
DeleteI think it's really smart to have only a few goals to focus on, like you said this month each week no fast food and one other goal. You can so do it!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Baby steps for me all the way! Thanks for following along!
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