Fall Freedom Challenge Week 1
1. What do you want to accomplish during this eight-week challenge? I want to lose weight. That probably sounds obvious and stupid, but it's true. It's not a very specific goal, which may be why I'm having so much trouble reaching it. I'm at the top of my healthy weight range and I want to be in the middle, so I don't have to worry so much about weight creep with age or if I want to have children, but it seems so unnecessary now that I'm having trouble getting motivated. Somehow, the taste of really good food is more satisfying than being thin, and I have to figure out how I can reverse those two thoughts. 2. How committed are you to completing all eight weeks of the challenge? If not feeling committed, think about what those obstacles are for you. I am largely committed, but I tend to be a victim of the snowball effect. Meaning I can be doing really great for awhile, but one bad day turns into two bad days, which turns into a bad week, which might show a gain of a pound, then I give up entirely because what's the point. This is what I have to pay most attention to. 3. How does it feel to take inventory of your past, present and future wardrobe? Can you identify certain feelings with certain clothing and times in your life? Obviouisly I hated my fat clothes and I loved my skinny clothes. Specifically, I loved my jeans and courdoroys from my skinny wardrobe. I'm almost 6'0", mostly leg, so when I wore a size 8-10 extra long pant, I looked hot and felt hot. (I'm a 12 now.) 4. What are two things you'd like to change or improve upon in the course of your weight loss journey? How are you going to make them happen? The ONE thing I want to change because it's as big as any two things combined is my ATTITUDE. I've been putting the weight loss on the back burner for over 2 years now, because I have school and work and other things to worry about, but this is my health and my life. I took a quiz the other day that told me that I'd live to be 86, which is sort of sad, considering that my grandmother just died at 90 and my other grandmother is still alive at 88. Most of the reason the quiz came out at 86 was because I don't have enough good habits. I eat too much candy and sweets, I don't get enough leafy green veggies, etc. I did ediets once before and lost 80 pounds, and I created a really incredible lifestyle that I want to get back to. I want to feel good about everything I put in my mouth, and I want to feel fit when I'm working out, not flabby. I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to make this happen. Changing the way I do something seems fairly easy to me, but changing my attitude about who I am, who I want to be and who I deserve to be seems really difficult. It's not something I can really plan for, but I'm going to do my best!