so i made a desicion the other day. i know that it's that part of the year when people make these kind of desicions but it's not a resolution. what i'm doing here isn't a resolution because resolution implies impermanence. no, i've just made a choice.
i'm gonna lose weight. for real this time. i want to feel good about myself, good in the way i know i deserve to feel. i guess perhaps that at almost 25 maybe i am starting to feel worth feeling good about myself...i don't know. and it isn't about the number on the metal at my feet, it's about how i feel and how i feel in those clothes that apparently make the woman. fuck the numbers!
so i'm writing about this, not because i'm looking for some kind of praise from the internet, but because i need to make it known to myself that tonight at 10:40pm while i sit here uploading the rad hotchip album into yousendit for mary i am bored and when i am bored i eat. (i also eat when i'm happy, sad, stoned, etc...) and instead of eating i made tea. i just said NO to that bagel sitting beside the kettle. i had a good dinner and i don't need to eat right now. i just said no. that's the first step right. i just have to keep making that choice.
just keep making that choice michelle.
plus, when i lose this weight i am going to buy hot fucking jeans that cost waaaay too much money and turn down all the boys that dismissed me for being the fat girl.
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Good for you! The first step is always the toughest...
Good work Michelle! I am also on this train. I've dubbed it the HLG-Unit. (Healthy Lifestyle Gang).
Basically, it entails the following:
a) very little or no white flour, including pasta. Only whole wheat
b) if you have to eat fast food (in our case, as veggies, Harveys or BK), no fries - only side salads
c) no regular pop. Only diet pop, juice, water, milk (ew)
d) work out a minimum of 3 times a week.
Good tips from everyone else too. I also learned from my sister-in-law (she's a physiotherapist, so I trust her judgement) that when you're working out, you should generally follow the rule of a 2:1 ratio of working out in your 'fat-burning' heart rate to your cardio heart rate.
For example, my fat-burning HR is 127. So I try and keep it at that for about 20 min or so on the treadmill (or bike, or elliptical trainer, etc). Then i bust out the cardio for 10 min (HR of 155 or so). So, the ratio is 2:1. Apparently this is one of the more effective ways to spend your time working out.
Woo!
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