Getting my (fat) butt into gear

[iesika]

After a recent dip into a mood slump that I was terrified was going to turn into another depressive episode (and in true depressive fashion I had convinced myself *was* another major depressive episode) I made up my mind that I needed to get healthier.

A few days ago, I spent too much money on things like *gasp* a scale and *gasp* a food scale, and a few cooking gadgets to make cooking more easy/pleasant/fun (grating carrots and zucchini is more fun when you have a BRAND NEW GRATER, etc, and now OMG I HAVE A MANDOLIN SO EXCITED). I weighed myself for the first time in like a year and set myself some realistic long and short term goals and started keeping track of everything I ate in private journal posts (private because while I'll probably post a few recipes as I go, I doubt anyone *really* wants to hear how many dates went into my salad).

I'd like to say I'm focused more on health and mood improvement than weight, but the first thing I've got to do to improve my health and mood *is* lose some of this weight.

Other than an upset stomach this morning (whether from the diet change or the fact I had milk yesterday I'm not sure) and a distressing tendency to stare over my laptop at the kitchen, come about ten o'clock at night, everything is going very well so far.

Four pounds down, yo. *airpunch* This is rather unscientific, considering it's been only a few days, but whatever, I'm taking what I can get.

Comments

[faile-neume.livejournal.com]

*high five*

You are awesome!

I really need to get my diet into order, but it's hard when I don't actually get a choice about what I eat for dinner. But I've been cutting down on bread/cereal/pasta because those are my biggest indulgences. CAARRRBBSSS I love them but they are bad for me in high doses.

But mostly I need to be exercising because I am unfit. But luckily the hockey season has started again which is good, because team sports motivate me so much more than being at the gym does (unless I imagine Cass telling me to man up and work harder, which I do sometimes)

[iesika.livejournal.com]

CAAAAARBS.

They are my weakness, too.

Yay , you are awake! If you can, come talk to me. I need your opinion!

[faile-neume.livejournal.com]

I would choose carbs over chocolate. Carbs are the greatest>

I wasn't going to come online BUT I WILL. FOR YOU

[greyandgold.livejournal.com]

I also LOVE carbs - in the last few weeks of trying to get more fit I've discovered that filling the carb spaces with whole grain products satisfies my carb needs and apparently is really good for you.

[iesika.livejournal.com]

The problem with that is I already was eating almost entirely whole grain anyway. I just eat way too much of it. ^_^;