And Then It Clicked..

I wish that I could sit here and say that I am the type of girl who can eat anything I want to and not gain an ounce. That, however, is far from the truth. I’m the kind who can have a cheat weekend full of greasy, fried food and will step on the scale at least three pounds heavier come Monday morning. I would kill to be able to eat whatever the hell I want to and not have to worry about zipping up my jeans, but I know that is just never going to be the case.

If I want to weigh in at my “happy weight” every morning, then I have to work at it. I have to watch what I put in my mouth and I have to work out more than once or twice a week.

Throughout the years I have tried numerous diets. Some have worked wonders, while some have fallen flat. My freshman year of college I was determined to lose the freshman fifteen as opposed to gaining it. I achieved that goal and then some, and that is the best I have ever felt about the way I looked.

So here I am again. Seven and a half months before I walk down the isle and terrible unhappy about the way that I look. I’ve lost the weight before and I know I can do it again. I also know that I have plenty of time to do it, so I need to go about this the healthy way. No crash diets. No starving myself.

This is not the first time I’ve talked about losing weight for the wedding. I think I’ve brought it up at least once a month since I began this little ole’ blog. This time, however, is different. In order to really start changing something in you has to click. For me, I just woke up one morning and it happened. Something in me clicked, and I told myself it was time to do the damn thing.

I’ve began eating breakfast (which I’m usually really bad about doing), packing a healthy lunch to bring to work, drinking a hella lot of water during the day (no more diet coke!), and eating smaller portion sizes at dinner. On top of that I have also began the “couch to 5k” program. There is a great park right across the street from our new house, so working out has actually become easier to do now that I can run home in the afternoons, change clothes, and literally walk across the street to the park. So far, I love “couch to 5k.” I can put my headphones in and listen to music while a voice comes over the speaker telling me when to run and when to walk. It couldn’t be any easier than that!

Time to do the damn thing.