Hey Y'all! I'm new here, and just wanted to say Hello.
A little bit about me- I'm a 23 year old veterinary student living in Alabama (9 hours from my home, Frankfort, KY). Once upon a time I was very athletic and fit (although I've never considered myself "thin"- a fact I wish I could punch my high school self for!), and then the rigorous coursework and stress that comes with eight years of schooling after high school hit me. Since then, my weight has fluctuated worse than Oprah's, and last December I hit rock bottom at my heaviest- 220 pounds.
Then, I decided to do something about it, and started doing the couch to 5k running app. I completed my first 5k a couple of weeks ago, and have lost 20 pounds since I started that in December. I run slower than a herd of turtles stomping through molasses, but I'm still faster than the couch potatoes sitting at home! Anyway, for the past few weeks I've been absolutely stuck. I believe that the obstacles that are keeping me from reaching my goal of 160 pounds are the fact that my schedule as a full time student is literally insane (vet school is the same caliber as med school- class from 8-5 and then studying almost all night- and even when I work out 3-5 times a week I'm afraid that my stress levels keep me from losing), I live off of student loans and have no money for personal trainers or fancy gyms (luckily my apartment complex has a small gym with a few basic necessities, and I love to run outside), and I am an absolutely terrible cook and so I am not very good at eating healthy and I am getting absolutely SICK of eating plain chicken breast and sweet potatoes all of the time!
In a nutshell, what I've been doing is eating as healthy as I can and keeping tack with the myfitnesspal ap, running 3 times a week, and hitting the weights 2-3 times a week. I know I need to be more strict with my diet- but the obstacles above make it so difficult!
Does anybody have any advice on how to put those stupid excuses behind me?! I've been stuck at the same weight for weeks and it is becoming discouraging.
Thanks for all of your help! I'm so excited to join this forum
A little bit about me- I'm a 23 year old veterinary student living in Alabama (9 hours from my home, Frankfort, KY). Once upon a time I was very athletic and fit (although I've never considered myself "thin"- a fact I wish I could punch my high school self for!), and then the rigorous coursework and stress that comes with eight years of schooling after high school hit me. Since then, my weight has fluctuated worse than Oprah's, and last December I hit rock bottom at my heaviest- 220 pounds.
Then, I decided to do something about it, and started doing the couch to 5k running app. I completed my first 5k a couple of weeks ago, and have lost 20 pounds since I started that in December. I run slower than a herd of turtles stomping through molasses, but I'm still faster than the couch potatoes sitting at home! Anyway, for the past few weeks I've been absolutely stuck. I believe that the obstacles that are keeping me from reaching my goal of 160 pounds are the fact that my schedule as a full time student is literally insane (vet school is the same caliber as med school- class from 8-5 and then studying almost all night- and even when I work out 3-5 times a week I'm afraid that my stress levels keep me from losing), I live off of student loans and have no money for personal trainers or fancy gyms (luckily my apartment complex has a small gym with a few basic necessities, and I love to run outside), and I am an absolutely terrible cook and so I am not very good at eating healthy and I am getting absolutely SICK of eating plain chicken breast and sweet potatoes all of the time!
In a nutshell, what I've been doing is eating as healthy as I can and keeping tack with the myfitnesspal ap, running 3 times a week, and hitting the weights 2-3 times a week. I know I need to be more strict with my diet- but the obstacles above make it so difficult!
Does anybody have any advice on how to put those stupid excuses behind me?! I've been stuck at the same weight for weeks and it is becoming discouraging.
Thanks for all of your help! I'm so excited to join this forum