get in shape, and stay there

-drink water, and only water
-do a lot of excercise, every other day, cause it takes a day for the muscles to relax again and therefore get toned.
-only eat meals, no snacking, except for fruits and veg

summers here and i dont want to look fat. so staring this week ive been working out and not eating fast food. wish me luck!

have to have to have to join a gym

Okay, every New Years, I make the same resolution, to watch what I eat. And what happens is I watch as the food enters my mouth. I’m tired of eating the bad food, but God it’s good! I figure if it wasn’t meant to be eaten, it wouldn’t have been invented right? I have decided to not deny myself the goodies I so enjoy, but to just cut back and exercise more. Hmmmmmm, I wonder if that will work?

I want to focus on getting fitter – but I honestly don’t know where to start. Any tips would be welcome …

Joined the gym!

Ok so my weight is leveling out now at about 143 rather than going up. Hopefully I keep on track and I’ll get back to where I should be. I’ve been eating pretty good lately, around 1800 cal each day. I haven’t eaten too much junk food. I actually haven’t even felt that hungry most of the time. I worked out the last couple days for about an hr and about 20 min today. The biggest problem lately is that I haven’t been sleeping. I stay up pretty late at night, until about 3 or 4 in the morning then I have to wake up at 7 to take my brother to football practice.

I think this has been basically shot to hell. I think I’ve been living off junk food mainly, but all the while… eating my vegetables. I was working out pretty regularly for quite a while but I’ve stopped because I …don’t feel like doing much. But on the positive side I’ve been more focused and intellectual, still, somewhat lazy though being that its summer. But the worst is that I’ve gained weight, probably about 5 pounds since I officially started this goal. I am about 144 pounds which is almost the highest I’ve been. I’ve just been addicted to junk food. And it seems like my weight isn’t affected by whether or not I eat less. I think I’m using food to fill an emptiness and that I need something else to take it’s place. I try to reason with myself, but still I feel that if I could never have, for example, ice cream… or cheesecake, ever again in my life something would be dreadfully wrong and broken in my life. Food is seriously one of my first loves as sad as that realization is to me. I have never been terribly overweight but I feel so guilty about how I eat, because I feel I could have been a lot thinner. Until about age 15 I was pretty thin, though pudgy until I was about 4, and I thought I’d ..never, gain weight. I had such a huge appetite and didn’t think I had to worry about eating vegetables or how many chips I ate. I didn’t realize how abruptly my metabolism could change. I never would have seen this coming. I never would have believed it. I can specifically remember thinking I’d never have to worry about my weight until I got “old”. Since about age 16, my weight has become an obcession, but I’m so addicted to food that I’ve never been about to stay committed to any attempt to eat healthier or less. I don’t want to do long term damage to my metabolism. I just want control over this…I think I need a new goal. Instead of a long-term 6 month plan, I’m going to try a day by day goal, then maybe weeklong goal.

I’m not fat, but I’m weak. I need muscle and endurance, especially when I’m running. I always get a painful charlie horse every time I run!

I’m getting muscles in my arms and…i’m losing fat on the sides of my stomach, haha! But yeahhh…