I must admit, I really don’t like salads.
Really… I honestly don’t like salads. I only eat it because it’s a good way for me to be forced to eat vegetables, and because it is definitely a healthier alternative to cheeseburgers (even though cheeseburgers taste so much better). When I do eat salads (with a heavy heart, mind you), I’m not into froufrou salads. I don’t like walnuts and raisins on my salad. Walnuts and raisins are valid ingredients in bread and cookies, and I don’t even like them in bread and cookies! I also don’t like things like “raspberry vinaigrette”, especially if it happens to have the words “fat free” in front of it. How do I like my salads? Well, I like lettuce. I like some sort of protein on it (chicken, egg, something of that nature), I have to have cheese on a salad or I can’t eat it, and then I like to cover the salad with as much dressing as I can tell myself is enough without going overboard. I realize that my salad eating habits are possibly about as bad for me as a cheeseburger would be. Thus, I am going to try to eat salads that are, well, healthier for me. Today I took the first step towards eating a healthier salad; instead of pouring on the ranch, I used olive oil and vinegar. Did it taste like I was eating from the cabbage patch? Yes. Do I feel a little bit better about myself? Yes. I also tried to not put as much cheese on my salad, didn’t grab as many little pepperonis, and also forewent the croutons. Why? Because I’m hoping to wear a bikini on my honeymoon that says “Just Married”, and don’t want to be the laughing stock of the beach.
I know that I haven’t been keeping up with this blog, and thus probably don’t have any readers, but it has definitely been hard as of late. The closer it gets to the wedding, the more stress and emotional eating occurs. I’m going to start going to Bikram Yoga, and hopefully sweat myself thin. I was doing really well there for about a month or so. I had lost about 15 lbs. Sadly, as soon as I stopped eating the very strict 1,200 calorie a day diet that I was subjecting myself to, I gained back almost all of the weight, and in less than half the time that it took to work it off!
I can’t tell you how to lose weight, because I’m trying to figure that out myself. I can just tell you that I’m an average woman living in the same world that you do. I have a bad day, I want chocolate. I’m lazy, and don’t want to go to the gym. With obesity rates the way they are in the USA, I don’t want to be a statistic. So, I’ll force myself to eat salads, and I’ll force myself to go to the gym and do yoga. I’ve almost reached the point where I don’t want to lose weight just to look good on my wedding day… I want to lose weight to look good and be healthy every single day of my life!!! Yes, I have my work cut out for me, but I have been motivated by everyone around me, and I hope that I can help motivate anyone who actually takes the time to read my blog.
Go pick up the BRIDE magazine by SHAPE with Melissa Rycroft on the cover. I have found some amazing workouts in there, and some great advice/inspiration.
I can lose weight and be healthy, and so can you.
-200lb Princess