Its been a while, I know, I took another long hiatus, but I am back. Im not sure how much time I'll have now since I just started back at school and have a lot of work ahead of me! Tuesdays I am going to have 9 hours of classes! AH! Anyway, I had such a laid back and easy summer, I had 2 months of absolutely nothing- no work, no school, just nothing. Not saying I didn't love it (because I did) but it also lead to no routine,which sometimes is nice. Like I've said before, I had lost almost 60 lbs a few years ago, and the lowest weight I had ever been was last summer. Since then, however, I have gained back 30 of those pounds, which has been really hard for me. I am really unhappy with the way that I look and feel, and I just feel like if I don't do something now then it could get worse, and that is NOT something Im okay with! This week is still kind of still settling into what my routine is going to be with school and what not, but there are some huge changes ahead. First, of course as I said, schools back, so thats big, lots of work and what not (and I'm not too excited about it, but it has to be done) I have had friends move away, some out of country, some just farther away, some just now back in school as well and everyones just getting busy as normal life resumes. In addition, my brother is moving to another city in 2 days, and thats going to be a huge adjustment. We had a huge going-away party last night, which was AMAZING, but what I've learned this summer, is that alcohol is NOT my friend in the weight department. Not only does alcohol itself have tons of calories, I tend to MAJORLY binge when I'm hungover, and it usually lasts more than one day, once I start eating bad, it lasts for days. I've found that this summer its happened so much, and my weight has just gotten out of control. Im so fed up with it and I figure with all these other changes going on in my life, its time for me to get myself back on track and just focus on ME right now. Im going to also be changing rooms (taking my brothers) so Im going to move my stuff in a few days, re-decorate, de-clutter, and have my own space. What I'm going to do starting tomorrow (because today with this major hangover has been binge-central) is I'm going to go back to the basics- which for me means following the wild-rose cleanse. I do this cleanse about 2-3 times per year, and I always have great results. This time though, Im not going to buy the kit and take the supplements, Im just going to follow the food guidelines. I just want to get myself off of all the diet/ artificial/unhealthy things that Ive found myself eating a lot of lately, and just treat my body well and feed myself nutritious healthy food. I also started eating some dairy again a few weeks ago (something that I hadn't done in YEARS as I had severe allergies) it didn't seem to make me feel sick at all, but it has really done nothing good for my skin! So thats another thing Im going to cut out again, which shouldn't be hard though as Ive went years without and was absolutely fine. Im actually looking forward to this as I know I can do it, I have made a commitment to myself to not drink any alcohol for at LEAST 2 weeks, ideally a month. I know that that is what throws off my diet every time, and I just am so curious to see how my results will be without that in the picture! (and trust me- after last night I don't even want to LOOK at alcohol!) I read somewhere that it takes 21 days to break a habit, and I would love to put that to the test- with food, with bingeing, with drinking, with smoking, I really know that it all needs to stop. I have found in the past that when I do the cleanse I manage to stop smoking for that time, but once I drink again I will smoke again, so Im just going to cut it all out- 21 days- Also incorporating exercise into my life again I think will be a good distraction- Im going to try and go for a walk whenever I would have usually smoked. A walk a day for 30 minutes is supposed to be just as effective as other exercise for weight loss, so Im going to do it! Im disappointed and depressed about how badly I've let myself go, but I'm really looking forward to the results Im going to have in one-two-three-four weeks time! I'll update with my weight loss/health/overall feeling as the weeks pass, and hopefully have some good tips to share! Perhaps some recipes as well if I get inspired :)
Hope everyone else is doing well as summer is coming to an end, and that fall treats you all well! It really is one of my favourite times of the year.. :)
xx D
