Good Morning Internet People,
So I know I have
said this before, but I am once again "back" to blogging. I
even made it a New Year's Resolution, and if there is one thing you should know
about me, it is that I take my New Year's Resolutions very seriously. I
like them to be specific and measurable (I know, I know, I sound like I'm
presenting at a high school leadership retreat), but seriously, I love goals
and if you can't measure it, how can you be sure you accomplished it?
So, all that being
said, I'm BACK (again)! And I have decided to take this blog in a
slightly different direction than before. Now you may not have known the
direction before since I only posted three times and had a different objective
each time... So perhaps it is that before there was no direction and now
there is, so her we go!
THE
CONFESSION: I, Megan
Smith, am a dieter. I have been dieting since I was about 13 years old.
In the past 15 years, dieting has been hard, sometimes successful,
sometimes fun, sometimes easy, but always, always something I was very private
about.
THE NEW PLAN: The new plan is to stop being private about it, and instead
talk about here... on the internet, where anyone and everyone can read about
it.
In the past few months, I have become obsessed with a few ladies
and their weight loss blogs. Namely Liz, Andie and Rebecca. I relate to
them, I'm inspired by them, I'm comforted by them, and since imitation is the
greatest form of flattery, I have decided to be more like them. I don't
want to be ashamed of my struggle with weight loss anymore, I want to be proud
of my accomplishments, and honest about my set backs. Which brings me
here, to this blog, which I don't really know how to work yet, and of which, I
am still a little scared.
So, speaking of
accomplishments and set backs, let’s talk about goals:
LONG TERM
GOALS:
- Weight at 135 (in the
interest of full disclosure I currently weigh 174)
Now, I know I rambled on and on about goals being measurable
and I am about to confess a goal that is not as measurable as I would like, but
just go with me on this one. I want to have a healthy relationship with
food. I want to eat a piece of cake on my birthday without having a panic
attack. I want to eat a piece of chocolate without eating 20 chocolates
after that first one. I want to be the kind of person who can have half a
cookie and then be done. I tend to have an "all or nothing"
mentality about healthy choices, I'm either "perfect" or binging on
fried foods and baked goods (oh so good baked goods). So, basically what
I'm saying is I want to have it all, health and the occasional treat dipped in
batter or covered in frosting, you know the kind of treat that makes life worth
living.
SHORT TERM GOALS:
Now to the title
of this post....
"THE ONE
MONTH CHALLENGE" I have recently started a new health
program. It is called "Take Shape for Life" and I have the
pleasure of working with a wonderful wonderful health coach named Lexi Hooley
(send me a message if you want her info, I am happy to pass it along).
Now, the program is geared toward building healthy habits to change your
life forever, and it starts out with a pretty strict eating plan. I've
been doing this for 2.5 months now and have lost 18 pounds (wahoo), but I've
also been doing the program in a wishy-washy fashion. I'll eat on plan
for 3-4 days out of the week and still manage to lose a little bit of weight,
but I know I can do better! So I have decided to challenge myself to
commit 100% to this plan for one month.
So there you have
it! I am currently on day 3 of The One Month Challenge. Day two was
rough... but I made it through and even said no to homemade brownies that
looked gooey and delicious, because just for now, just for 27 more days, I am
making healthy eating a priority over brownies. Or as I like to think of
it, this time I am choosing me, and my goals, over brownies and birthday cake
(other people's birthday cake, on my birthday, there will be cake... just
wanted to be clear about that).
So if you are
still here, and have made it to the end of this ridiculously long post, THANK
YOU! I am so looking forward to sharing this journey with you. And if you
want to join me in "THE ONE MONTH CHALLENGE" well I just can't think of anything better
(I'll even give you the first two days off).
~Meg
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