Hello ~
So I thought I would enlighten you all to my reasoning's behind starting to get healthy.
It all started back in 2011, I was dating a Vegan at the time and felt really self-conscious about how much I ate around him. That was when I decided to give up meat and be a Vegetarian. Now, that decision was not based solely on the fact that he was Vegan, I had tried being a Vegetarian the summer before, but ate meat the first day and gave up.
During this time (approx. 1 year), I had lost over 30 pounds when we finally broke up, and I actually stayed at that weight for months before meeting my next boyfriend.
Sometime in February 2012, I started dating my most current ex-boyfriend. He was the kind of guy who was all "steak and potatoes, meat, burgers, yeah." So it was definitely different for me. I felt that I could eat more because of how much he ate, and I didn't realize till it was too late, that he actually made me gain weight.
I bet you're thinking I didn't gain all that much. Well, you're wrong. I gained 50 pounds while dating him. It was all gained because I ate more than I did with my first boyfriend. I felt horrible, disgusted with myself. And it got worse.
I'm an angry/upset/bored eater as well, so at one point in this relationship, it had gotten out of control. One of my final deciding factors of leaving him was the fact that he didn't make me feel good about myself, but rather pointed out that I had gained weight. When we went out with my friends, he wouldn't let me have ketchup with my fries, or eat ranch at all. He would make comments about me being fat, and it hurt so much.
Now fast forward to today. My friend Olivia and I had decided that we wanted to get healthier. So this summer is all about us. My main reason for this summer being about me is because I don't want to focus on a boy again. I want to focus on myself and feel good about myself. So when it came time to start dieting, I decided to quit food that comes from animals cold turkey. I have not had any animal products in the last 11 days, and I couldn't be more proud.
Since breaking up with my ex (about 4 months) I have lost a little bit of the weight that I put on. Now all I want to do is get that weight back off. So far, I have lost 5 of 50 pounds. I know that isn't a whole lot, but I also know that losing weight is a lot harder than gaining weight.
I plan on keeping track of how much weight I'm losing each week and seeing what workout works the best for me. I want to look and feel good for myself, not for someone else.
And that's basically why I want to do this, and how everything happened.
If you guys have any tips for me, they would be greatly appreciated (:
xx Summer