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Getting There
I started going to the gym some 5 or 4 months ago. I haven't been member of any kind of gym in the past and haven't been into any kind of fitness regimen whatsoever. But then again, during the days when I had quicker metabolism (good times...good times...) I didn't really care because all I had to do was eat less than what I'm used to eating for a week or so and I start to lose pounds.
Then the baby came, and it just gets harder and harder that diet alone cannot solve my problem. I resorted to all kinds of un-natural stuff -- crash diets, diet pills, etc. and end up still continuing to be the sweet-craving, binge-eater that I am.
I then found myself even more in the pit as I transferred to the US where high-fructose-corn-syrup-laden food are just an arms length away, and serving sizes are more than double what is even allowable to be consumed by any human being. For the first year I felt really horrible as my old winter clothes got tighter and muffin tops are becoming more and more evident. Suddenly I hate summer because I have to show more skin ergo more fat. I became a size 6 which is probably a size bigger than my usual post pregnancy size.
Then as I said I started gym which I blindly did over a month. I pretty much did only cardio and was inconsistent. Then I consulted a trainer who eventually bulked me up with muscles...but not a lot of fat removal. Nothing was happening still to me because I realized I wasn't watching what I eat. See I have to cover all my bases for something to happen. It didn't used to be like this...ugh the perils of getting old. So there I was, counting calories and logging in to online calorie counters to make things happen. Eventually I've become a changed person and saw real results. I'm losing inches and I felt like I'm getting skinnier than my skinnier post pregnancy self (as evidenced by my now-lose-but-previously-hip-clinging slacks).
Today was my test to check my progress...as of today I'm officially a size2. And I haven't felt healthier in my life. I didn't realize that this is all it takes for me to get to look this way. I'm still a work in progress but I know that I have made a lifestyle change and a different motivation to make things happen...permanently.
pleasedThen the baby came, and it just gets harder and harder that diet alone cannot solve my problem. I resorted to all kinds of un-natural stuff -- crash diets, diet pills, etc. and end up still continuing to be the sweet-craving, binge-eater that I am.
I then found myself even more in the pit as I transferred to the US where high-fructose-corn-syrup-laden food are just an arms length away, and serving sizes are more than double what is even allowable to be consumed by any human being. For the first year I felt really horrible as my old winter clothes got tighter and muffin tops are becoming more and more evident. Suddenly I hate summer because I have to show more skin ergo more fat. I became a size 6 which is probably a size bigger than my usual post pregnancy size.
Then as I said I started gym which I blindly did over a month. I pretty much did only cardio and was inconsistent. Then I consulted a trainer who eventually bulked me up with muscles...but not a lot of fat removal. Nothing was happening still to me because I realized I wasn't watching what I eat. See I have to cover all my bases for something to happen. It didn't used to be like this...ugh the perils of getting old. So there I was, counting calories and logging in to online calorie counters to make things happen. Eventually I've become a changed person and saw real results. I'm losing inches and I felt like I'm getting skinnier than my skinnier post pregnancy self (as evidenced by my now-lose-but-previously-hip-clinging slacks).
Today was my test to check my progress...as of today I'm officially a size2. And I haven't felt healthier in my life. I didn't realize that this is all it takes for me to get to look this way. I'm still a work in progress but I know that I have made a lifestyle change and a different motivation to make things happen...permanently.
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