I used to be overweight. I was 5 foot 4 and 150 pounds when I was in middle school. I don't know exactly when I decided to make a change. Every day I lived ashamed of who I was, and at some point I just realized that I could make myself into someone else.
When I was 16, I weighed about 125 pounds.... I was stuck at that weight for a while, but then halfway through my senior year of high school something changed. The summer after I graduated high school was the happiest time of my life. I weighed 107 pounds, and was completely confident with myself. When I went to college I fluctuated between about 109 and 112 pounds, but the next summer I once again went down to 107. I loved being that weight. I felt like I could do anything; that I had found my key to happiness.
Then, I went to study abroad in Korea.
I gained 10 pounds.
There have been a few times that I overate, but it doesn't happen often. I eat low calorie foods, but it doesn't help. I can't exercise for the sake of it, I need to enjoy what I'm doing... but I didn't have the money to continue the dance classes I took when I first came here, and although in summer and fall I was able to walk around the city for hours, Seoul has an unforgiving winter. I have no access to a kitchen, so I am left with the option of eating out...
I decided to make a change one more time.
I will lose those 10 pounds. Please join me through this journey.
Food stats for today:
Breakfast: Instant wheat cereal, 100kcal
Lunch: Drinking yogurt, 300 kcal
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