PROJECT GET IN SHAPE----April 29th 2011, 12:25 AM
Summer is finally upon us. Well, not weather wise, but I'm done classes for the year, so it's the same thing. I can't believe it! I am taking summer school, but that's not for 2 weeks, and it'll only be 6 weeks long.
Anyway, I'm disgusted with myself, and now much weight I gained this year. I think it's around 30 pounds. That's like a 5 years old child. So, starting tomorrow, I'm getting back on the wagon.
Today I was on facebook, and my friend from highschool who I lost touch with randomly started talking to me, and we got on the subject of weight, and I was telling her how I wanted to get my body back to how it looked then. And, she told me she thought I was skinny, and looked really good in highschool. And, I have to say, it was like I had an eupiphany or something after she said that. No one in highschool, except a few teachers, ever said anything to me. No one my age ever told me I looked good, and today when my old friend told me that she thought I looked great in highschool, it made me realize just what an extraordinary weight loss I really had. How amazing it was that I lost 40 pounds in highschool all on my own.
It could have been that people get scared. They either like you too much to say anything because they get nervous, or they don't want to say anything because they don't want to be uncomfortable. In any case, I'm at the point right now where I just want to shed some pounds to make every day life easier for me. I'm too easily winded, and I don't like it any more.
The thought that people in highschool did notice me, but never said anything has totally changed my perspective on things. It's possible that no one noticed my physical changes in highschool except for her, but I doubt it. I want to prove to myself that I can get healthy again.
So, here goes. My new goal is 1 pound a week for about 60 weeks. That means that by August (when I go to the cottage) in 14 weeks, I want to have lost 14 pounds. It's time to put the junk away, and get excersizing!
Anyway, I'm disgusted with myself, and now much weight I gained this year. I think it's around 30 pounds. That's like a 5 years old child. So, starting tomorrow, I'm getting back on the wagon.
Today I was on facebook, and my friend from highschool who I lost touch with randomly started talking to me, and we got on the subject of weight, and I was telling her how I wanted to get my body back to how it looked then. And, she told me she thought I was skinny, and looked really good in highschool. And, I have to say, it was like I had an eupiphany or something after she said that. No one in highschool, except a few teachers, ever said anything to me. No one my age ever told me I looked good, and today when my old friend told me that she thought I looked great in highschool, it made me realize just what an extraordinary weight loss I really had. How amazing it was that I lost 40 pounds in highschool all on my own.
It could have been that people get scared. They either like you too much to say anything because they get nervous, or they don't want to say anything because they don't want to be uncomfortable. In any case, I'm at the point right now where I just want to shed some pounds to make every day life easier for me. I'm too easily winded, and I don't like it any more.
The thought that people in highschool did notice me, but never said anything has totally changed my perspective on things. It's possible that no one noticed my physical changes in highschool except for her, but I doubt it. I want to prove to myself that I can get healthy again.
So, here goes. My new goal is 1 pound a week for about 60 weeks. That means that by August (when I go to the cottage) in 14 weeks, I want to have lost 14 pounds. It's time to put the junk away, and get excersizing!