Thursday Thirteen #12

Thirteen Things About Shelley And Dieting 1. I have been overweight or pudgy for most of my life. The goal of being healthy and fit and at a healthy weight are so important to me. 2. The have done all those fad/crash diets...I even bought some thing that I will supposed to sniff before each meal and it would change the smell of my foods and therefore not make me crave food anymore. I can't believe I spent money on that crap, but then again...I can. 3. The first time I seriously attempted weight loss (and not just hoped some magic pill would work while I was continuing to eat pizza and not workout)...was in 2000. I started walking to work and counting all my calories. 4. Bewteen 2000 and 2001...I lost about 50 pounds. 5. I lost it with diet and exercise. I am a big believer in the move more and eat less concept of dieting. I worked out about 5 times a week...worked a job which consisted of walking and doing street outreach and kept pretty good tabs on my eating everyday. 6. By 2003...unforunately, I gained all of that weight back. I was...at that time...living by the concept of eating more and moving a heck of a lot less. 7. In 2003-2004..I started a weight loss program again. I ordered some...wait...that's wrong...I started using some workout tapes that I had ordered years ago and never used. I was counting calories again and working out 6 times a week. I was diligent about the working out...knowing that was the key. 8. I lost a little over 50 pounds during the year....and was feeling the best in my life. 9. The weight lost was important, but the physical shape and endurance were most important. I could workout and not feel horrible...I could run on my treadmill for miles at a time...I welcomed hiking on a mountain. That is something I am so proud of. 10. Get ready for it...I moved back to NY in 2004 and ended up moving in with my parents for about a year and a half. Living with my parents brought back a lot of bad eating habits...and it also messed with my workout schedule. I wasn't able to get in 6 workouts a week anymore. 11. And yep...I gained back about 30 pounds or so. I felt so depressed about it all...since I had lost all weight. The positive thing...that I kept working out a few days a week, so I had the extra weight, but still had a pretty good endurance when it came to cardio. 12. In January of 2006, I started again...I started working out again and watching what I ate. I set a goal of 50 pounds and to date I have lost 31 pounds to date. 13. I can feel myself slipping back into my old patterns and starting to regain weight...but that it why I refuse to lose focus and talk about weight and fitness so much. I refuse to spend the rest of my life losing and gaining these same 50 pounds.

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