All right, I'm back and after only a day!
Since I've started my journey toward being healthy, I've had a lot of people ask me just how I've done it. I think maybe they expect to hear I've gone on some cleanse or extreme diet. That there's some magic food or pill I've found that helped me drop the weight.
Honestly, the answer is simple and hard at the same time. I've exercised a 5-6 days a week, and eaten intuitively. I've done it the long, hard way. In other words, instead of a crash diet that would have had me dropping this weight in half the time, I've worked very hard and ate healthily to get to where I am. Because I've crash dieted in the past and failed, I knew that was something I didn't want to do. I wanted this to be a true lifestyle change. Not the ones you hear about on TV where "lifestyle change" barely even fits into your actual lifestyle. I knew that I wanted to still be able to go out with friends and have a drink or a big meal and not beat myself up about it. In other words, I have my cake and eat it too-- but I get up the next day and pick back up my healthy eating habits. I don't allow it to be a daily occurrence like it once was.
For me this was not just about wanting to "look hot." Sure, I want to look my best. But my weight was giving me a myriad of health problems. My lack of activity was beginning to rear its ugly head in the form of health problems no 26-year-old should be dealing with. If this was as good as it was going to get, then I was going to be really depressed about life. No, I want to feel young and healthy and energetic. And I didn't.
I decided to go ahead and upload some photos. I have some "before" ones, but honestly I still can't bring myself to let anyone see them. I still feel like that girl... my self esteem hasn't quite caught up with the rest of me yet. I'll get there.
This was taken in late June. When I was first seeing results from my efforts. I rewarded myself by getting a new workout outfit at Gap and of course, taking a selfie in the dressing room mirror.
Swimming with my sister. This is just from a few days ago. I felt so good!
See? I do eat sweets sometimes! This was from Kilwin's-- I can't remember what it was called but it had milk chocolate, pecans, and caramel. I also had fro-yo right after. Delish.
From dinner on that same night- a mojito. Again, I like to indulge sometimes!
And from today. My wardrobe has basically gone down to nothing so I had to go to Target for some affordable clothes. Sad that I now have a wardrobe of clothes I can no longer wear, but I'm excited about starting to build a new one!
And I decided to fancy it up on Instagram with a filter and border. Makes my life look so whimsical, doesn't it! Less classy though when you realize it's a selfie in the Target dressing room. And I bought both of the above outfits.
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