I'm a new joiner to this community, and a person that has a lifelong irregular relationship with diet and exercise. There have been times I have been so good, being at my best about 3 years ago. I'd graduated college, started some healthier habits, and felt amazing.
Around that same time I discovered I could no longer eat gluten and that change of diet seemed to make dieting even easier. Its easy to stay away from something when it makes you sick! I started running, competed in a few races. Things were going great and then I started dating my now husband.
I know I am not the first this has happened to, but I started putting on weight right around when we started dating. I was probably a bit skinnier than I needed to be at the time (I weighed about 145 and I usually hover around 160). But we both love food so much, and were so happy to be together! When we got engaged, the stress of wedding planning made exercise harder, and stress eating even easier.
Now, having gotten married in December, I'm pretty determined to turn this around. My habits have changed, we eat out too often and I'm not concious enough about healthy choices. The past week of the diet bet has been a return to better habits. I've brought lunch to work everyday and we make sure our dinners are made at home and a healthy balance at night.
What's amazing to me is how six days of good eating can just make me feel better, even though I haven't seen any substantial weight loss. I know I don't look any different, and most of my unhappiness lies in my appearance, but feeling better makes me walk more confidently. I can see down the road where I'm headed, and I'm happy to make choices everyday that will help me get there.
I'm very hopeful that the motivations of this community will keep me on track! Here's to the start of a journey! I'm coming for you summer of 2015!