Running down the Scale

30 Day Weightloss Challenge

Day 2: I am 5’7” and too be honest, I used to hate it. I tower in heels and I always thought guys were more interested in shorter girls. However, now that I am in weight loss mode, I’ll take the height. It definitely helps when shedding pounds.

• Day One- Your stats
• Day Two- How tall are you? Do you like your height?
• Day Three- A picture of your thinspiration. What features do you like about this person?
• Day Four- Your greatest fears about weight loss.
• Day Five- Why do you really want to lose this weight? Are you doing it for you?
• Day Six- Do you binge? If so, explain why you think you do.
• Day Seven- Do your parents know you’re trying to lose weight? Do they care? 
• Day Eight- Your workout routine.
• Day Nine- Did people ever make comments about your weight in a negative way?
• Day Ten- What was the hardest thing you gave up during this “weight loss.”
• Day Eleven- Your favorite thinspo blog and why!
• Day Twelve- What do you normally eat?
• Day Thirteen- Are you losing weight in a healthy or unhealthy way?
• Day fourteen- What’s your UGW? When you expect to reach it?
• Day Fifteen- Are you vegan or vegetarian? If so, has this helped you lose weight? If not, would you ever consider turning vegan or vegetarian?
• Day Sixteen- When did you first decide to lose weight?
• Day Seventeen- Do you have an eating disorder?
• Day Eighteen- What food is your weakness?
• Day Nineteen- When is the last time you ate fast food?
• Day Twenty- Favorite diet?
• Day Twenty-One- What are your clothing sizes?
• Day Twenty-Two- What was your lowest weight? How and why did you gain?
• Day Twenty-Three- Did the media play a role in your wanting to lose weight?
• Day Twenty-Four- How do you feel about the terms pro-ana/pro-mia
• Day Twenty-Five- Have you ever purged? If you have describe your first experience. 
• Day Twenty-Six- What excites you most about reaching your ugw?
• Day Twenty-Seven- How do you deal with being around food?
• Day Twenty-Eight- Do you want that “gap” between your legs? Why?
• Day Twenty-Nine- Your definition of beauty.
• Day Thirty-  10 facts about you! And now, what are your stats?

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Off the plateau

So I find that scales in general are evil.

You are up two pounds *sad panda face*

You are down two pounds *happy omfg let’s party face*

I’ve been doing this tango with my scale since late July. At the end of summer down to like 141 *happy omfg let’s party face* which made me feel good. I had gone from my all time high of 168, down to 140 over a summer time.

Then I went on vacation with my family *scale creepin*

And then I moved back up to my college *scale creepin more*

Then somehow…I was back at 145 *sad panda face*

So, since that dark day in August, I have been going back in forth on my scale. 143, 140, 139, 142….I know people say the scale doesn’t matter, its the change in your body. I get that and yes I was greeted with compliments from classmates I had not seen in a while. But really, I was just down right frustrated. I had reached what is called a “plateau” where your body is like “Dude, you have been exercising and dieting allllll summer. I am not impressed, try something new.” 

Which is hard, school is demanding, I munch more because many of my activities involve: sitting and tutoring, sitting and writing papers, sitting and reading textbooks, sitting and studying notecards, sitting in meetings for clubs, sitting in class…the list could go on…

VERSUS: Summertime: RUSH RUSH INTERNSHIP WERE YOU STAND ALOT, RUSH RUSH SEE YOUR FRIENDS IN LIMITED SPARE TIME, RUSH RUSH WEIGHT TABLES FOR MONEY RUSH RUSH, GO TO BEACH; GO SWIMMING; GO ADVENTURING; RUSH RUSH GYM.

See the problem? It’s never easy to loose weight, its seriously difficult. Adding a change of environment into a stressful place where my weight always reaches it’s highest is worse.

So today I weighed myself….137! :D I know it’s not much but I think I can finally inch back down again…hopefully I can keep it low. If I get back on the scale and fly back into the 140’s I might cry. I think *fingers crossed* I am off the plateau…so let’s see if I can keep it that way.

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