Ivona65
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Okay, that's quite a pompous title... But the time has come to make some big steps in the right direction, or .. I'm pretty sure I'll regret not making an effort.
It's a story everybody has heard a thousand times - dieting and failing, losing weight, gaining weight, being happy and on track, messing up and letting it all go to hell....Well, here I am starting again.
Bit about me:
The name is Ivona, I am 22, and I am studying to become a pharmacist - I'm on my 2nd year out of five.
Condensed history of my weight: crash diets at 16 (didn't really need to lose weight - maybe 3-4kg, what I really needed is some muscle toning and better posture), followed by bingeing, followed by hormonal pills that totally messed up my system (high blood sugar, high blood pressure, hypofunctional thyroid... luckily, when I stopped taking them everything came back to normal) together with depression (might have also been caused by the pill) and some more binging - which all resulted with me gaining 23kg/50lbs in a year. Then I started exercising and lost a bit of weight, and then I started resolving my disordered eating... which brings us to now:
about 80kg (175cm tall), too sedentary, not enough energy, still occasional bingeing (damn it!) and some not great eating and lifestyle habits. Plus my gyno has me on hormonal pill (although a lower dose one) again (started the 6 months therapy on March 1st), and frankly that scares me a bit - especially the possibility of my blood pressure rising. So there's a kick in the butt to get myself a bit healthier.
What i got going for me: I do love healthy food and I do love exercising, once I get into it.
I just also like junk food and plopping down in front of the TV after the work day - and I've been doing that a lot for the past few months.
Ultimate goal: lean and fit with slightly defined muscles. 65kg is my aim, but what I see in the mirror is, of course, what will make me say 'this is it'.
Starting tomorrow morning (it's almost midnight where I live, and I'll be going to bed soon). I will start kinda slow, but I'll be consistent, and I will post in this journal daily to keep myself accountable to my goal.
PS If I make some mistakes with the spelling or grammar, please forgive me, or better yet correct me. English is not my first language.
It's a story everybody has heard a thousand times - dieting and failing, losing weight, gaining weight, being happy and on track, messing up and letting it all go to hell....Well, here I am starting again.
Bit about me:
The name is Ivona, I am 22, and I am studying to become a pharmacist - I'm on my 2nd year out of five.
Condensed history of my weight: crash diets at 16 (didn't really need to lose weight - maybe 3-4kg, what I really needed is some muscle toning and better posture), followed by bingeing, followed by hormonal pills that totally messed up my system (high blood sugar, high blood pressure, hypofunctional thyroid... luckily, when I stopped taking them everything came back to normal) together with depression (might have also been caused by the pill) and some more binging - which all resulted with me gaining 23kg/50lbs in a year. Then I started exercising and lost a bit of weight, and then I started resolving my disordered eating... which brings us to now:
about 80kg (175cm tall), too sedentary, not enough energy, still occasional bingeing (damn it!) and some not great eating and lifestyle habits. Plus my gyno has me on hormonal pill (although a lower dose one) again (started the 6 months therapy on March 1st), and frankly that scares me a bit - especially the possibility of my blood pressure rising. So there's a kick in the butt to get myself a bit healthier.
What i got going for me: I do love healthy food and I do love exercising, once I get into it.
I just also like junk food and plopping down in front of the TV after the work day - and I've been doing that a lot for the past few months.
Ultimate goal: lean and fit with slightly defined muscles. 65kg is my aim, but what I see in the mirror is, of course, what will make me say 'this is it'.
Starting tomorrow morning (it's almost midnight where I live, and I'll be going to bed soon). I will start kinda slow, but I'll be consistent, and I will post in this journal daily to keep myself accountable to my goal.
PS If I make some mistakes with the spelling or grammar, please forgive me, or better yet correct me. English is not my first language.
