Positive Change- I Hope
Ok so instead of and feel great I've decided I'm going to try my very hardest in doing it the right way. I've had many times- like almost everyone out there- where I've resolved to live a more healthy lifestyle and where I actually did start out right, but then something eventually happens and I laps back to being my normal not very healthily conscious self.
This time, however, I've got a few things on my side. I actually lived a whole month in an environment that was pretty much very health conscious- last summer at my aunt and uncle's house in Laguna Beach, California.
I've also decided to get myself a small notebook to help me out. I've heard that writing down what you eat helps you make better decisions the next time around. Well I'm going to put that to the test.
Next step. Which is probably going to be my hardest. I'm going to try and limit myself of the consumption of coke slurppees and my ever favorite to once a week each (even if I'm not buying which is very hard. What dumb motherfucka turns down free food/drinks?! Apparently me, or at least I'll be attempting to be the dumb mf).
Food wise: well I don't much care for food. If it's there I'll eat it. If not I'll take whatever is around (which is usually junk food). So I've resolved to cut the crap out. If I'm feeling hungry I better get my lazy ass off the computer and get to the kitchen and actually make something good for me- a yogurt cup, a fruit smoothie, a salad, anything that's actually home cooked that isn't greasy (which I usually dislike to begin with). No more short cuts of just grabbing a chocolate bar, a bag of chips, or fast food (which I always hate eating but still buy. I rarely even like the taste but it's just more convenient).
My problem: exercise. I can do it no problem. But to keep me motivated I need someone else to do it with and that's near impossible. I don't know anyone near by enough that would actually go out for a run with me or go bike riding on a regular basis.
Solution: First I'm going to ask to borrow a friend's bike and I'm going to hopefully force myself to wake up earlier each morning (maybe I'll start with three days a week and then build up because i want to keep this going instead of going to an extreme from the beginning and then quitting cold turkey) and ride my bike around the neighborhood for half an hour or so before it gets too hot outside.
But I'm sure that's not enough. I know some girls who try and meet up at least once a week to play soccer. I have been very dedicated to that but the girls haven't. So if they don't feel like it they're not going to bother. Which really pisses me off but what can I do? I'm dependent on their mercy (or in other words their moods). And the girl who was most into it and in charge of getting everyone together just got married and moved to Canada so that's no help. I'm surprised we actually met yesterday and had enough people (eight showed up which is actually a pretty good number considering everyone's traveling because it's summer) to play for an hour and a half.
So soccer two hours or so a week and bike riding for half an hour three days a week should be a good start, no?
I hope so.
Also, I'll see how blogging about this is going to help. I hope it does.
Anything else?
Not that I can think of right now.
So when will I start? Well don't worry not anytime in the vague future.
I want to start tomorrow. I'll go get the notebook and ask for the bike (hopefully I won't remember too late to ask for it) and we'll go from there.
I've already done the needed shopping and my fridge is filled with healthy (and unhealthy from before) foods that I can whip up in no time.
I just now need to get myself to stick with it. Hope I get enough support to keep myself going and I can lose the 20 lbs. That's a reasonable goal no? 20 lbs. Because I'm sure I could be happier with losing a lot more but I feel as though 20 lbs is a good start.
Another problem I just thought about. How do I know how much I weigh now? I know an acceptable weight range for my height is about 155-160 lbs but every time I weigh myself I always seem to fluctuate between 175 and 185. So what exactly do I weigh? Since I'm not sure, I guess I'll just aim for a 150-160 lb goal range instead of try and pin a specific weight as my goal.
I hope that's not some major weight loss plan DONT that is some mistake that everyone ends up doing and no one being the wiser about.
