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Aoife · 01-03-2008, 02:43 PM

I give myself very good advice...

This has been my problem for the last year or so. I KNOW what to do. I know how to do it. I know what it takes. I just don't DO it.

I'm not the gifted girl who's naturally active. When I'm nice and lean, I am... I'll play music, dance while being in the house all day, run between classes, etc. But if I slow down, I slow down. All the way down. It's pathetic really.

Over 5 years ago now I was over 200 pound and 4 years ago I was 120ish. Maintainted for a good long while. Looked great. Felt great. Terribly active.

Then things went to shit. 3 years ago I started school again. Maintained, but got a bit soft... not as much time in the gym, but not as much eating so I was good.

2 years ago I was starting to lose ground. Weight crept up a bit, but since I was training off and on it was mostly a bulk (for real) and just not terribly clean all the time. I was getting softer, but also stronger. It was a compromise, but I was eating okish, dealing with school for the first time in 10 years, and still was a size 5.

The last year has been not good. I've gone from dirty bulking to just plain getting fat. First I see 150 on the scale. I am not happy. But I get my ass back in the gym and it stays there. It doesn't go down, but at least it doesn't go up. Then I stop having time for the gym (love the excuse, don't you?) and one day I step on the scale to see 160. Holy shit. Totally not happy. Get my ass back in the gym. Buy new clothes, cuz all that cute stuff I got 2 months ago doesn't fit my ever growing ass.

Then, all of a sudden (literally, it was like overnight) I see 170 when I get home from Vegas. It's since dropped down a few since I got over the cold and recovered from the vacation... but that was downright scary. WTF mate?

All along here, I know what to do. I know how to fix the problem. In spurts I do. But every time I start I just stave off going up, I don't go down. Then I get irritated and stop working at it.

So, whilst I give myself (and others) very good advice, I very seldom follow it these days, and I'm lost in a wonderland of being a statistic of "people who lose weight gain it back" and I'm pretty much hating it.

So I asked some grinning cat and a smoking caterpillar what to do, and decided to go to HELL. I started it sort-of, but the head-cold and DOMS stopped me so I'm just restarting again a week later.

Monkeys are still awsum but it's a new year and Aoife isn't all that awsum.

UGH. So now to re-buy stinking real estate. *sigh*

01-03-2008, 02:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
Aoife ninjamonkeyqueen Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: City of Dis Posts: 6,539	Aoife In Wonderland I give myself very good advice... This has been my problem for the last year or so. I KNOW what to do. I know how to do it. I know what it takes. I just don't DO it. I'm not the gifted girl who's naturally active. When I'm nice and lean, I am... I'll play music, dance while being in the house all day, run between classes, etc. But if I slow down, I slow down. All the way down. It's pathetic really. Over 5 years ago now I was over 200 pound and 4 years ago I was 120ish. Maintainted for a good long while. Looked great. Felt great. Terribly active. Then things went to shit. 3 years ago I started school again. Maintained, but got a bit soft... not as much time in the gym, but not as much eating so I was good. 2 years ago I was starting to lose ground. Weight crept up a bit, but since I was training off and on it was mostly a bulk (for real) and just not terribly clean all the time. I was getting softer, but also stronger. It was a compromise, but I was eating okish, dealing with school for the first time in 10 years, and still was a size 5. The last year has been not good. I've gone from dirty bulking to just plain getting fat. First I see 150 on the scale. I am not happy. But I get my ass back in the gym and it stays there. It doesn't go down, but at least it doesn't go up. Then I stop having time for the gym (love the excuse, don't you?) and one day I step on the scale to see 160. Holy shit. Totally not happy. Get my ass back in the gym. Buy new clothes, cuz all that cute stuff I got 2 months ago doesn't fit my ever growing ass. Then, all of a sudden (literally, it was like overnight) I see 170 when I get home from Vegas. It's since dropped down a few since I got over the cold and recovered from the vacation... but that was downright scary. WTF mate? All along here, I know what to do. I know how to fix the problem. In spurts I do. But every time I start I just stave off going up, I don't go down. Then I get irritated and stop working at it. So, whilst I give myself (and others) very good advice, I very seldom follow it these days, and I'm lost in a wonderland of being a statistic of "people who lose weight gain it back" and I'm pretty much hating it. So I asked some grinning cat and a smoking caterpillar what to do, and decided to go to HELL. I started it sort-of, but the head-cold and DOMS stopped me so I'm just restarting again a week later. Monkeys are still awsum but it's a new year and Aoife isn't all that awsum. UGH. So now to re-buy stinking real estate. sigh __________________ My Etsy Fe Chick Apparel tumble log Aoife in Wonderland Werkit.com - Providing the most stylish training logs you've ever seen, while retaining all the function you need. Oh yeah!