in the beginning

this blog is about weight loss. I am aware of many other such blogs, and I am not intending it for any audience other than myself.

with that, let me recount some personal history.

I gained up to 170 when I was fourteen and moved to a new city. when I was sixteen, I got down to 155. when I was eighteen, I went up to 190, and then back down again to 165. I am currently 178, and not loving it. I am pretty lackadasical when it comes to weight loss, and have the unfortunate habit of stopping when I reach about 168. so, rather than fret about being overweight for another six years, I am simply going to end it.

it might take longer than fifteen weeks to reach my goal of 148, and that's fine. I'm not so worried about the timeframe, but I would like results.

I am not interested in diets that aren't going to take. I've been vegan for two years and that hasn't really helped me manage my weight--pretty much anything you can find non vegan you can find vegan. I do really like to exercise--I love spin class and am going to try to incorporate both that and weights into my life.

I am also a late-night eater, so I am going to try to juice at night rather than have a full meal. I will probably need to supplement that with raw nuts. I'll have cereal in the morning, and then whatever for lunch--probably a burrito, or vegetables. I will try not to limit my veggie intake, and I'll probably do a lot of stirfry with tofu.

Most important for me, is that once I actually start to lose weight, I tend to continue to do so. I also really like chocolate, so I'm going to try to just consume chocolate soy milk in measured quantities to satisfy that craving.

So, in conclusion, my timeframe should look something like this:

0. June 14: 178
1. June 21: 176
2. June 28: 174
3. July 5: 172
4. July 12: 170

5. July 19: 168
6. July 26: 166
7. August 2: 164
8. August 9: 162
9. August 16: 160

10. August 23: 158
11. August 30: 156
12. September 6: 154
13. September 13: 152
14. September 20: 150

15. September 27: 148


Luckily, I'll be pretty comfortable with my weight in about three weeks, so it's all cool from there. :)

Now I must go buy a scale.