Paula Abdul & The Cartoon Cat Were Right - 1 Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Well, the process of dechubbification has obviously not started. You ever have those moments of extreme clarity? Like I had when I started this blog. The ones that say, TODAY'S THE DAY! And then you do it. You go to the gym and you follow through. 

And then . . . I got busy. Then school became overwhelming. And then I had to move. And then . . . I just didn't go back. Now it is January, nearing the middle of January actually, and I am keenly aware of the fact that my once "fat" jeans are starting to fit like my former "skinny" jeans. Meaning really that they don't fit at all and unlike the sexy skinny jeans that made me look skinny even the fat jeans don't disquise the belly.

Yes, that is what is it, The Belly, like a separate entity all its own. Standing free and ruling my behaviors. Much like my emotional eating. (Uhm, it sounds like I am blaming other things for my choices, denial much?) 

But I will move from my self-loathing because that has not helped these past 6 years of desiring weight loss. In face the past 4 when it was rising and rising and could have been stopped (or better managed) the self-loathing seemed to back-fire. What's that? You can't depress yourself into losing weight? How odd, because I thought feeling bad = feeling motivated. Silly girl.

These are my two top (former) statements of humorous and distracting forms of self-deprication:

1. I'm just twice the girl I used to be.

2. I am keeping the thin girl inside me warm with all this extra skin.

This message does not seem to be particularly useful, but I had a plan at some point and it needs to be re-activated. Now, to learn how to re-activate!

I hope my diet starts on a different day than everyone elses, theirs all "start tomorrow" but tomorrow never comes. Oh Little Orphan Annie come and sing me a song of hope. 

Stats:

Weight: 180-ish

Loss: negative

Gain: Almost 5 pounds

Goal Achieved: If goal were lethargy, depression and weight gain then, frankly I rock!

Hmmmmm.

It's Time to De-Chubbify!

Hello!

It is time to begin the process of de-chubbification. This is also better when not done alone - though I am starting a new blog . . . so it is sort of alone - but it's a beginning!

Here's my story:

I once was a skinny little girl who thought she was tragically over weight. But really she just had tragically low self-esteem. Now that the self-esteem is growing the waist-size continues to as well. Thus it is time to de-chubbify.

I have stopped the "if I knew then what I know now" (for the most part) but still think I must have been annoying and disheartening for my friends who were fighting their weight and there I was high metabolism, size 4-6 and complaining ALL the time! I let toxic people and a toxic society control my view of beauty and of myself. Now I want that control and though it is not about being thin, I would like to fit my jeans again.

Anyone wanna join in?

Ultimate long-term goal: Feel better! Have more energy!
Weight: (giant goal) lose 35 pounds
Current weight: 175 (probably more, that was the last check)
Height: 5'8
Energy level: Lethargic

Plan: I joined the Y and I come and go with attendance - I figure I may have some form of accountability if anyone stumbles across me here

SO:

Gym 3x a week - first off: the bike for 30+ minutes for 1 month
Eating: I'm working on portion sizes, like eating smaller ones
Food choices: No soda! I was doing really well then 2 sodas in 2 days!!
No fast food. Period. I'm pretty good at this but chicken tacos lure me and my stomach away.

Immediate goal: Gym, weigh myself, honestly post stuff, be confident that I can do this.