It begins... (again)

I have decided today is the day.

You know, what they say is 100% correct. Once you stop exercising daily, it's a million times harder to get back to exercising daily. Today I plan on starting DDPYoga and maybe get some cardio in.

Yesterday my mom and I started to look for foods with 10 or less ingredients. That, too, will be hard for me to transition into. For example, instead of opening a can of black beans, I have to boil, drain, shake, bake, broil, and sauté them. Opening up a can is much easier.

I'm keeping my My Fitness Pal account for looking up references to food when I'm out with friends or family. I don't plan on counting calories or tracking my weight using that website. Because, like I stated in previous entries, I don't want to count calories forever.

moving fail.

Remember when I was supposed to move back to Chicago the weekend of the 23rd?

Nope.

Complications arose, which forced me to stay in Montreal for at least a week longer. Which means my start over healthy lifestyle got postponed another week. Did somebody say cookies, chocolate, soda, and cupcakes?! (ugh.)

I've been thinking about my start over. Here are my goals:

• I want to cut out most processed foods. Boxed mashed potatoes, mac & cheese, ketchup, BBQ sause, cookies, hotdogs, etc. I want to abide by the rule of ingredients. Saying if the ingredient list contains more than 10, it's not for me. So I'll eat more veggies, nuts, fruits, stuff like that. 
• I'm going to start DDP Yoga and follow the provided routine. 
• I'm going to do cardio every other day. Spinning, running, elliptical, biking. Rotate what I do so my muscles do not get into a routine. 
• I don't want to count calories anymore. I was becoming obsessed with the numbers, and it's just not me. If I eat mainly unprocessed foods, I don't think I'll need to count calories anyway. I still want to record what I eat, and how much I exercise, but I don't want to obsess over it. Why? Because I know I won't want to count calories for the rest of my life. 
• I want to record my weight weekly (Tuesdays) and record my measurements (waist, hips, thighs, etc) and take progress pictures on the 1st of the month. 
• No more soda.
• No more picking.
• I want to brush my teeth twice a day. 

Honestly, aside from this blog, I want my journey to be a bit more private. The encouragement is great, but I don't want to do all this and only strive for that "Way to go!" comment on My Fitness Pal. Like satisfaction will come out of a lousy comment made by some person I don't know. It's more annoying to me than anything else. 

SO! This all begins once I move someplace where I control what I eat. 

realization

Hello. My name is Aimee, and my weight doesn't matter much to me anymore.

I've been getting really frustrated with myself lately because I've been working out, eating better, but not seeing any improvements on the scale. None. I've thought to myself, If nothing is changing, why bother? I've thought that many times...

But, you know what? I think I'm in one of those bodies where it just needs toning. And I think that's why I haven't seen any changes on the scale. You know how, when you first begin a weight loss journey, you lose quicker than towards the end? For example, with me. I lost the bulk of my weight in middle school, and have been sitting where I am now (basically) for 8+ years. And it's only now that I'm really wanting to tone up and get firm. Muscles and what-not.

Now that I realize I'm at that stage, the scale shouldn't doesn't matter to me. Instead, I'll just be taking measurements every 15th of the month.

Today I ran/walked aimlessly for a good 45 minutes or so. It's been a very stressful few days, so it felt good to just run. So... you just ran! 

It begins... again...

Maybe I'll keep this blogger-blog longer then my previous two. Maybe not. Until recently, I've been vlogging (video-logging) my weeks, expressing how I'm raising my self esteem and becoming more healthy and active. I haven't turned on my camera in a week, I'm just not feeling it much anymore. What else am I going to say? My self esteem has increased significantly, and I'm grateful, but I just don't have the time to remember to film, edit, upload, etc. Especially since school comes first. So, I'm going to transcribe this into a blog. This blog to be precise.

My goal is to post pictures, share websites or recipes, note my weight, and track the time until the 5K I signed up for on April 29th. If you're familier with my vlogs, I do still plan on doing VS-Thursday and feelgoodfreakoutfriday.

I do have a tumblr devoted to this too... but honestly, tumblr is getting boring and feels like a huge waste of time nowadays. So I'm transitioning :)

This blog will officially-officially open on Sunday, this is just a teaser.