Week 1:
Weight Change: 0 lbs (baseline)
I just received my masters degree from SDSU. I was scared when I first moved to SD two years ago because I thought I would be the only fat person here. Obviously, a pretty irrational thought, but I honestly believed it. Now I know that there are lots of fat people here, but I was one of the only (literally, there were 2 of us) overweight people in my graduating class. Some people may have been able to use this fact as motivation, but I managed to gain 20 lbs over the past 2 years. Actually, the majority of the weight was put on during the last year.
A brief history of my weight loss attempts:
Weight Watchers: 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, current
Jenny Craig: 2004
starvation: high school
acupuncture: 2007
counseling: 2007, current
personnel training: 2005, current
Tiajuana Lap Band: Aug 2005
diet pills: college
"dieting": my entire life
I have tried basically everything, from surgery in TJ to acupuncture and counseling. Most of the things I have tried have worked...at first. My M.O. is to lose 10 lbs, then quit and gain 25 back. I actually did pretty well with the lap band at first, I lost 40 lbs, but then I had it tightened too much, and ended up in the ER. Ever since then, the lap band has been a failure, and something I regret doing everyday. But, I guess my title is true, I was desperate to lose.
Last October I started working out with my personnel trainer, Alyssa. She is awesome. We have been working out together 2-3 times/week for almost 8 months now. It has been an amazing transformation. I went from working out 1-2 times/week on a GOOD week, to now feeling bad if I don't seriously sweat at least 4 times per week. Despite the dramatic change in my physical activity (PA) level, my weight has not changed at all. As a matter of fact, I have gained weight. Alyssa had me keeping a food journal also. She is definitely an advocate of the high protein, low carb lifestyle and so my diet has also changed. I started working with a counselor about 2 months ago, although I have only seen her a couple time b/c she is so busy. I had an epiphany recently that I am an emotional eater. It probably isn't much of a suprise to anyone, but it was too me. I also started Weight Watchers again yesterday. My boyfriend (BF) is going to do it with me, even though he is very fit. He has been trying to get a six pack for over 2 years now, so despite having a very muscular body, he has a layer of fat over his abs that exercising just cannot seem to get rid of. Hopefully learning to eat better will change that for him. And, hopefully having someone to join me on my newest weight loss endeavor will help me succeed. So, currently I have a personnel trainer, a counselor and I am doing Weight Watchers. Seems like a recipe for success!
OK, that's enough for today. I'm going to continue this blog, updating each week with news of my weight loss (or gain, as it may be) so stay tuned!
