The "internet", you say?
Yeah, so i guess I'm just pretty much always behind the times.
I've been lurking on LJ for... years. I don't know, forever. I never really wanted to start my own journal, mostly because I figured that no one would really want to read what I have to say for myself, and mostly because I'm not sure I'm comfortable putting so much of my thoughts out there for anyone to read. I actually have a great deal of anxiety about who might be reading my journal, and I might well end up writing a lot about that anxiety. Meta-journalling.
However, I think that the benefits will outweigh (heh) the costs. I think I need to put stuff like this out there for people to see (even if no one ever reads this or looks at this, ever) so that I will hold myself accountable.
I need to lose weight, now, and keep it off for the rest of my life. I have been struggling with my weight my entire life, and it's been out of control for years. I heard somewhere that most women's metabolisms slow down significantly as they grow older, usually starting in their mid-twenties. Well, I'm 25. It's been so hard for me to lose weight throughout my teens and my early twenties, I can't really imagine how much harder it could get!
So, that's it. This time, I'm committing myself to three things that will, or should, change my life (be a "lifestyle change", so to speak). First, I'm going to stop eating like an idiot. Second, I'm going to get active. And third, I'm going to keep track of the process and my journey, so that I know what I'm doing and so that I can't turn back: that means journalling my food (which I won't be doing here) and making my thoughts and progress public (which I will).
It's out there. Woohoo!
I've been lurking on LJ for... years. I don't know, forever. I never really wanted to start my own journal, mostly because I figured that no one would really want to read what I have to say for myself, and mostly because I'm not sure I'm comfortable putting so much of my thoughts out there for anyone to read. I actually have a great deal of anxiety about who might be reading my journal, and I might well end up writing a lot about that anxiety. Meta-journalling.
However, I think that the benefits will outweigh (heh) the costs. I think I need to put stuff like this out there for people to see (even if no one ever reads this or looks at this, ever) so that I will hold myself accountable.
I need to lose weight, now, and keep it off for the rest of my life. I have been struggling with my weight my entire life, and it's been out of control for years. I heard somewhere that most women's metabolisms slow down significantly as they grow older, usually starting in their mid-twenties. Well, I'm 25. It's been so hard for me to lose weight throughout my teens and my early twenties, I can't really imagine how much harder it could get!
So, that's it. This time, I'm committing myself to three things that will, or should, change my life (be a "lifestyle change", so to speak). First, I'm going to stop eating like an idiot. Second, I'm going to get active. And third, I'm going to keep track of the process and my journey, so that I know what I'm doing and so that I can't turn back: that means journalling my food (which I won't be doing here) and making my thoughts and progress public (which I will).
It's out there. Woohoo!