Ok, so it isn't really day 1 for me. I have been doing this diet/exercise thing since after Christmas, but I thought it would be fun to blog about it. For the sake of the blog today is day 1. I have 100 days to go until graduation and until I want to reach my goal. My goal will be revealed tomorrow when I do my weekly weigh-in.
For now I will just detail a little of where I was at before January, and why I wanted to change.
I am 5'2" and since I was probably 15 I have always been slightly heavier than I should for my petite frame. In high school I worked as a waitress, played soccer, and did dance via musical theater (yes this is a work out). So by graduation of high school, I felt pretty good about how I looked and the shape I was in. And then of course, like most people, university happened.
The freshman 15 took about 4 years to happen (I warded it off with dance classes and intramurals), but at the end of my last term of school I started to realize that clothes were getting very tight and I was not in very good shape at all, also a few years of scale-denial snuck up on me. I found out last summer that I was about 10 pounds heavier than I thought and fall of 2010 was not kind to me due to school, extra-extracurriculars, and severe lack of exercise. My diet was complete crap, celebrations=high calorie nights out, and living at a school for 16 hours a day made getting to the gym a rare occurrence.
Its not that I am used to having a unhealthy lifestyle. I am very lucky to have been brought up to eat healthy food, and my parents are strong advocates of exercise. My mom is in better shape then me, hands down. So in December when I finished school and had no immediate plans for a job I decided to take this time in my life to get back on track and get in shape. My main goal was to go to the gym 5 days a week. So far, I have made it 3 or 4 times a week every week since January 11th. I have always liked working out and exercise, so it really isn't like I'm hating my life with this part of the goal. My secondary goal was to eat healthy, and to cut out junky stuff (ala pizza, poutine, drinks) and to save money by not going out so much to eat. I have been doing pretty well with that goal too, because I love to cook and love the taste of healthy food. So for anyone reading this who hates the gym and is a super picky eater, my typical diet may not be typical for you.
But the truth is this past week I have slacked off quite a bit. I started seeing results from my month at the gym and I started cheating. I only went to the gym twice, and had some wings on Wednesday, cheesy pizza on Thursday, a burger on Friday, and nachos on Saturday..all at restaurants. Oops.
So with my goal 100 days away, I am hoping this blog will get me back on track and maybe inspire others to join me on my quest for totally typical weight loss results!
Day 1: Exercise-1 hr of Zumba, Food cheats-None so far!
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