Kristineb130
New member
Well hello everyone. Name's Kristi. I'm a 22-year-old college student and also a newly retired soccer player. I'm halfway through my senior year, which means that my days of being an athlete are behind me. I'm now out of shape and 30+ pounds heavier than I was coming into college. My diet consists of cafeteria food, pizza, and alcohol. I nap for a good portion of the day, and I'm pretty stationary for the rest, either sitting in class or watching TV with the roommates.
So, yikes. I can't believe that I've let this happen. Especially since I've been in this position before. I used to belong to the WLF about 5 years ago when I lost 25 pounds. It was quite literally one of my biggest sources of motivation, drive, devotion, etc., which is why I have decided to come back! Now, I know that this opening paragraph is incredibly negative, but I promise I am a very positive person, and I am feeling great about starting this journey.
My current weight is somewhere in the mid-160s and my long-term goal weight is 130 pounds. I haven't actually weighed myself yet because I've been absolutely dreading what I know I will see, but I figure I'm around 165.
Comparatively speaking, I'm probably in better shape than your average college student, thanks to 17 years of running up and down a field for a few hours every day.
So there's not going to be a real slow transition into working out. I'm hittin the ground runnin...literally. My goal is to get in at least 45 minutes of cardio 5 days a week. Additionally, I'll be either doing some type of lifting or ab workout before the cardio. For the first 2 weeks I'm hoping to workout every day, simply because it takes 14 days to make a habit of something, and I don't want to lose motivation because it's my "off" day. Outside of the gym, I'm going to aim for a 1500 calories/day diet with a LOT of water consumption.
I'm really excited to get healthy again. Diabetes runs in my family, and I've grown up watching my mom struggle with it for her entire adult life. If I don't make the changes now, it's simply inevitable that I will become a diabetic, and that's just something I'm not okay with.
Tomorrow is the day. After tomorrow, there will be NO more first days because I'm tired of starting over.
Thanks guys!!
So, yikes. I can't believe that I've let this happen. Especially since I've been in this position before. I used to belong to the WLF about 5 years ago when I lost 25 pounds. It was quite literally one of my biggest sources of motivation, drive, devotion, etc., which is why I have decided to come back! Now, I know that this opening paragraph is incredibly negative, but I promise I am a very positive person, and I am feeling great about starting this journey.
My current weight is somewhere in the mid-160s and my long-term goal weight is 130 pounds. I haven't actually weighed myself yet because I've been absolutely dreading what I know I will see, but I figure I'm around 165.
Comparatively speaking, I'm probably in better shape than your average college student, thanks to 17 years of running up and down a field for a few hours every day.
So there's not going to be a real slow transition into working out. I'm hittin the ground runnin...literally. My goal is to get in at least 45 minutes of cardio 5 days a week. Additionally, I'll be either doing some type of lifting or ab workout before the cardio. For the first 2 weeks I'm hoping to workout every day, simply because it takes 14 days to make a habit of something, and I don't want to lose motivation because it's my "off" day. Outside of the gym, I'm going to aim for a 1500 calories/day diet with a LOT of water consumption. I'm really excited to get healthy again. Diabetes runs in my family, and I've grown up watching my mom struggle with it for her entire adult life. If I don't make the changes now, it's simply inevitable that I will become a diabetic, and that's just something I'm not okay with.
Tomorrow is the day. After tomorrow, there will be NO more first days because I'm tired of starting over.
Thanks guys!!
