Day 21

42 pounds to go

I started off this blog with so many good intentions. I still have them but to be honest, I am feeling discouraged with myself. I gained 20 pounds within a few months of moving out on my own, then I gained another 40 pounds from the time that I met my boyfriend. That's a few pounds...what happened? Well I have grown in height for one thing, but one inch doesn't cause one to gain 60 pounds. I don't have a schedule at all. I ate my meals at a certain time everyday for years, I went to sleep at a certain everyday for years. I still have the sleep schedule to some degree but the meal schedule is nuts. We went to the movies last night and I ate popcorn, when I was younger I couldn't always eat what I wanted because I didn't have the money to do it. Now that I'm older and have my own money, and a car, I'm no longer as active and I eat all the time whenever I want. I have tried to "Listen to my body" when I fill my body with garbage day in and day out, at random times, I keep gaining weight. I don't think that JUST running a marathon will fix the weight problem. It's more then that. I constantly argue with my boyfriend on the fact that exercise alone wont solve everything. I have been tried meal plans and they worked fairly well for me. But I didn't make enough weeks. I loved them, I looked forward to my snacks and it allowed me to portion out my meals so that I didn't go over my calorie count for the day. The thing is life is busy. I'm a nursing student, who's also going for a business certificate. During exam times I didn't have time to make more weekly schedules but if you think about it, I should just make 12 weeks and then rotate them. I'll post a few meal plans up so that you can maybe use them too. Anyway I kinda went off on a rant there. Today has been great. I listened to three episodes of my favorite podcast "Insideout Weigh Loss" while I walked 4 K, and burnt 380 calories.  I walked a new route today which was nice because I was kinda getting bored of my route. The plum trees that I have been watching are now bearing fruit! I am so excited! Thanks for reading, feel free to comment on my blog