Shut the Front Door
- Tiffany Melissa
- Apr 28, 2018
- 3 min read
Ever since I tried on that dress at Guess and realized that I am overweight. Seriously. I am. I wouldn't mind being a little chubbier, that I don't care about, but the fact is my height compared to my BMI, its not good. Since then, I've been trying to watch what I eat, counting my calories, and really training my mind that those snacks aren't going to disappear forever.
That was the toughest, training my mind. Training it to realize that those Cheetos are going to be around forever. I also have to practice thinking that, having it now does make a big difference than compared to a month from now. The first few weeks had been really tough. Everything I did, it wasn't making a huge difference on the scale. I was seeing the number go up rather than go down, it was the most depressing sight ever. With that being said, I had to train myself to believe that it didn't matter what the scale said... what mattered how the clothes fit and the way I was feeling.
It had been a month now since, I went on this "mind training" and I mentally don't feel that confident yet, my clothing aren't fitting the way I want to... shopping is still a bummer but my body? It felt great! I noticed that huge difference in the way my body moved. The way it felt in the morning and how my legs could just keep going and going. Physically, I was just ready to take on the world and do a run. Physically, I wanted more. I wanted to get up and do! Get up and rock my socks off.
I downloaded this app called "Lose weight in 30 days". The app name isn't the greatest and even I am a little embarrassed to have it up front on my phone. The workouts and meal plans it great! Each day, there are 7 workouts and after 3 completed days, there's a day break (let me tell you, I always look forward to it) . For the meal plans, They give you set plans that you can choose to follow or not, but you can see what you should have in your meals for that day. I haven't yet used that section of the app just because, I am starting up again trying to not give my body shock from all the changes.
I am saying that because it happened just recently. My body went into complete shock because it was used to getting maybe 2,500 calories or more a day and I dropped right down to 1,500 +/- calories per day. I was constantly sleepy, cranky and always hungry, aka "hangry". What my body did was it refused to let me do anything, I got headaches around the corner, I was bloated like crazy.
A few weeks later, going and doing the same routine, my body fell right into place. It wasn't hungry and I was not cranky. I had better sleeps even though I was getting 5 hours a day. Even though, the clothing size didn't go down or up, my body felt great. I liked the way I looked in clothing, I liked that I wasn't winded after walking up 4 flights of stairs while carrying a wiggly 24lb toddler.
The best part of this all is salads are yummy. I actually look forward to eating my greens, oranges and reds.