For the last 20 years I have battled with yo-yo weight. I have been heavy, I have been skinny, I have been fit and healthy and I have been super skinny but unhealthy. My curse is that I tend to go to extremes, either way. When I get on a mission to lose weight it is usually through some drastic dieting change or committing to some insane exercise regime like training for a triathlon or going to crazy intense gyms twice a day. I always thought that the day I got engaged I would go into full-on crazy mode to be as skinny as possible. Well I tell you peeps, I am still waiting for beast mode to kick in! I did Keto for a month and lost 7 lbs. Then lost momentum and gained it all back. Then I tried the anorexia diet and that only lasted about a day or two. So almost needless to say, it’s been an uphill battle. And before I start getting inundated with people wanting me to buy their Beach Body, Advocare, etc., I have tried them ALL. Seriously. And I will say, if you follow them and stick with it, they work but my dear friend Carrie told me many years ago, “you gotta wanna.” So while I wish to be thinner, I haven’t had the gumption to put in the work to get there… which I am quite annoyed with myself about. Like, a wedding dress should be motivation enough, right? My mom and I said “yes” to the dress weeks ago and still I have just been lackadaisy about the whole thing. Even with our engagement photoshoot this past weekend, I still wasn’t that motivated to prep for it. I should clarify, just because I have been unmotivated doesn’t mean I haven’t cried, thought or talked about it non-stop… I just haven’t done anything about it!
Yesterday, while eating a Twisted Root burger, John and I discussed a diet and workout plan (we celebrated Halloween the night before and the only cure was a TR burger!). He is really good at working out, like all the time (something I thought would have rubbed off on me months ago) and for the most part he eats pretty well. I am good at being active and exercising but my diet is horrible. I just don’t like a lot of things and I hate cooking. I didn’t leave the conversation all that inspired since all I could think about was getting some ice cream on the way home. Well, today is a new day people! I woke up this morning and felt the wind shift in my sails. John and I went running at 5:30am and it wasn’t terrible. In fact, it was fastest pace we have done yet. And then I even did some abs and other exercises when I got home. As for food, I am going to try and make some small changes at first, like no soda (I don’t have them during the day at work but if I eat out it’s hard for me to resist a fountain Diet Coke!), drink water and have better/more healthy morning snack. Right now I eat out for lunch every day. That is were most of my bad calories are taken in. So my goal is to bring my lunch to work three days a week and see how that goes. That does require some meal prep and forethought but I have got to make some changes!
So that’s the plan; small diet changes, bring my lunch a few times a week, run in the mornings and be as active as possible! The good thing about living in Alabama is that our Fall does last much longer than up north so we can still be outside and not freeze to death! Thankfully John also likes to be outdoors and active and we have fun exploring all the places around us! And you can bet if there are waterfalls and/or the dogs can go, we have been there! So fingers crossed this plan works and as I get better at the dieting part, I will start adding in more changes!
