The creeping gain
It's odd... I went from having too much time to having none, and now I really regret that I didn't work out more when I was unemployed.
I now have two jobs, and I work seven days a week, 8 hours each day. Being so sedentary is really taking a toll on my body. Adjusting to the schedule has been difficult, and it's required a lot of lattes and nervous nibbling.
I have lapsed back into snacking for the sake of snacking. At my job I get very bored, and I typically eat when I'm bored. I'm working on that now.
At work I've been keeping myself from bringing and stockpiling snacks, and I also have been keeping singles and quarters out of my wallet so I'm not tempted to use the vending machine.
In the past two weeks, I have been allowing allow myself one snack, and it is normally a fruit or a vegetable. Last week I had a handful of cherry tomatoes. Yesterday I had a pear. The day before that I had some grapes. I eat them when I'm hungry, or suffer a rumbling tummy later. It's working out well and i'm learning to discipline myself and anticipate the food instead of just munching without even thinking about it or enjoying it. Eating healthy isn't bad either, although I still find myself craving all my old, unhealthy favorites.
So I've switched to vegetable chips, which are actually much more flavorful than the salt-tastic Lays I've grown so accustomed to. I dig the Trader Joe's veggie sticks, and the Flat Earth veggie crisps. Still, I try to I eat them very sparingly.
I bought a membership to the gym this week. I have high hopes of going to work out at least three times a week, and I want to do yoga on the other days. I'm just worried about when I'm going to have the time. I already have a nonexistent social life between boyfriend and roommate.
I need to get better about my water intake. I also need to buy some work clothes that actually fit me, because squeezing into the jeans I could wear last summer is really embarrassing and can be quite painful.
So I disappeared from this site for awhile because I knew I was being naughty during my transition. Things are starting to settle in a routine, and I'm back with renewed hope and determination. It's on. Here's to round two.