bellebookworm9
09-16-2009, 10:45 AM
Day 1: September 16, 2009
Last night as I was tossing and turning in my Twin-XL bed, I couldn’t stop thinking about the scale at the gym the other day. According to it, I weigh 191 pounds. At first I thought that couldn’t possibly be correct! After all, I lost 10 pounds over the summer thanks to camp. But now I’m at college.
I go to SUNY Geneseo. If you don’t know where that is, let me enlighten you. It’s about ½ hour south of Rochester, NY. It is known as New York’s public honors college. I’m studying speech-language pathology. This is also a campus built on a hillside. It’s a small campus, so I walk everywhere and I get exercise that way, and I live on the 4th floor of my dorm so I’m constantly running up and down 2+ flights of stairs.
Anyway, I digress. My friend Marissa and I went to the gym on Sunday. We did mostly weights/resistance on the Nautilus machines and checked out the cardio room. It was then that I stepped on the scale and saw the dreaded number. “Something’s got to give”, I thought to myself.
So here I am now. A few years ago my mom and I were on the LA Weight Loss plan. I t worked for her, but she’s gained it back. It wasn’t so successful for me, but at 15 years old I wasn’t too concerned. In high school, two comments stick with me. My nasty neighbor once said to me “You’re kinda big for 14, aren’t you?” and one time I was taking a midterm and sat next to a kid who clearly didn’t want me there. I didn’t move and he said something about “Oh great, I have to sit next to the fat kid.” WHAT?!?!
I’m 18 years old, 5’6 ½” and apparently 191 pounds. I’m hoping to lose about 50 of that. My plan is to go to the gym on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday or Sunday for a ½ hour of weights and a ½ hour of cardio. I also plan to eat more fruits and veggies, eat less sugar and drink more water, with the occasional glass of juice or pop (soda/coke-depending on where you’re from!).
So here I go, fellow WISH Disers. This was the first place I thought of for support. It’s Wednesday, so I won’t be going to the gym today, but I am starting with the healthy eating. I hope you’ll follow along with me, and comments are always welcome!
Last night as I was tossing and turning in my Twin-XL bed, I couldn’t stop thinking about the scale at the gym the other day. According to it, I weigh 191 pounds. At first I thought that couldn’t possibly be correct! After all, I lost 10 pounds over the summer thanks to camp. But now I’m at college.
I go to SUNY Geneseo. If you don’t know where that is, let me enlighten you. It’s about ½ hour south of Rochester, NY. It is known as New York’s public honors college. I’m studying speech-language pathology. This is also a campus built on a hillside. It’s a small campus, so I walk everywhere and I get exercise that way, and I live on the 4th floor of my dorm so I’m constantly running up and down 2+ flights of stairs.
Anyway, I digress. My friend Marissa and I went to the gym on Sunday. We did mostly weights/resistance on the Nautilus machines and checked out the cardio room. It was then that I stepped on the scale and saw the dreaded number. “Something’s got to give”, I thought to myself.
So here I am now. A few years ago my mom and I were on the LA Weight Loss plan. I t worked for her, but she’s gained it back. It wasn’t so successful for me, but at 15 years old I wasn’t too concerned. In high school, two comments stick with me. My nasty neighbor once said to me “You’re kinda big for 14, aren’t you?” and one time I was taking a midterm and sat next to a kid who clearly didn’t want me there. I didn’t move and he said something about “Oh great, I have to sit next to the fat kid.” WHAT?!?!
I’m 18 years old, 5’6 ½” and apparently 191 pounds. I’m hoping to lose about 50 of that. My plan is to go to the gym on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday or Sunday for a ½ hour of weights and a ½ hour of cardio. I also plan to eat more fruits and veggies, eat less sugar and drink more water, with the occasional glass of juice or pop (soda/coke-depending on where you’re from!).
So here I go, fellow WISH Disers. This was the first place I thought of for support. It’s Wednesday, so I won’t be going to the gym today, but I am starting with the healthy eating. I hope you’ll follow along with me, and comments are always welcome!