A little history:
I was a gymnast for 12 years and watching what/how never even crossed my mind. I never even worked out outside of practice. Upon entering college I quit gymnastics and it all caught up with me. Over six months, let's add 25 pounds to my life.
I stumbled upon the Fitnessista's blog a month or two ago and fell in LOVE. Up until I found her blog I was on a mission to lose 25 pounds. After reading her blog (and almost ever past post!), my mind has morphed from wanting to lose weight and see a lower number to feeling good, being happy and liking how I look in the mirror. The number no longer matters to me. I want to eat right and exercise to feel better and change my appearance because I am not happy about the way I look. I know that losing pounds is not a measure of my success.
I created this blog for myself to track my success (hopefully). My goal in the 'end' is to not be addicted to processed foods. I want to increase my knowledge on healthy fats, good cards and lean proteins. It will be a slow transition. I currently eat fast food often and am used to just throwing together quick, terrible for you frozen meals. I've tried to just make a switch over night to healthier eating which just causes me to eat even more in the end. I was depriving myself. I know this transition will take a long time.
I just want to like how I look. Going from having my 'gymnast body' to now honestly just sucks. I'm a poor college student so I haven't bought any new clothes and I squeeze myself into the same size shirts and jeans which makes me feel even worse about myself. I miss liking my body.
I guess you could say I'm making my new year's resolution early!
So to kick off my first post:
Breakfast (at 11:30? slept in =] ) was a banana with peanut butter.
Lunch (4:30) was a big salad with chicken, iceburg lettuce (all we have =[ ), carrots, chopped nuts, an apple and balsamic. Something was just off in that one. I prepped some things for tomorrow's big lunch salad.
Dinner (8:00) was two pieces of stuffed crust cheese pizza. But it was sooooooo good. ha.
Did I mention I hate vegetables? There aren't many veggies I like, which is going to make this so much harder. There has to be a easy way to get myself used to new foods.
