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What keeps me going?

Jeans.

I went to my folks’ house in NJ this weekend for a baby shower yesterday and a golf lesson with my dad today. I hadn’t been feeling so hot at the end of last week — I don’t know if my stomach got totally overwhelmed from all the veggies/fiber I’ve added to my diet or what, but I was glad to catch up on some sleep and lay low in the big NJ. I might also add I managed to make it to NYSC (in NJ) yesterday and go swimming this morning at the gym!

I’m lucky that my parents have a lovely-sized house and that my closet there is roughly half the size of my apartment. Which means I can keep the clothes that don’t always fit there and not have to further overstuff my closet. Preparing to return to NYC this afternoon, I decided to visit the land of jeans-that-used-to-fit in my closet. Aside from a rogue pair of Sevens, I can now fit into quite a few pairs of jeans that didn’t fit just a month or so ago. Including the Citizens for Humanity ones I’m wearing right now (not pictured; my ass doesn’t look that good yet!)

Sure, I had to do the squat-and-wiggle to get into them, but I’m in them and I’ve even worn them all day. And I can still breathe! My trainer promises I can see the return of other clothes that didn’t fit soon.

He also promises a free session if I can lose more than two pounds this week. Whaddya think?

Why I’m here/doing this

I’m 26 years old, and I’ve struggled with my weight to some degree or another since high school. I played tennis and did gymnastics, so I was pretty athletic, just not as thin as I wanted to be. When I went off to college, I gained the Freshman 15 and then some. I still didn’t consider myself all that big, just more than I wanted to weigh. Since I’ve graduated college almost 4 years ago, I’ve been pretty unhappy with how I’ve looked, and a lot of that has to do with how much I weighed.

I’ve watched my friends successfully lose weight in the past year or so and realized it’s totally possible. To that end, I started with a trainer on February 18, and I’ve already lost eight pounds. I still have 41 pounds to go to get to my goal weight, but I’m hopeful.

I’m achieving this by working with a trainer (Joel, who’s amazing!) twice a week and trying to do cardio at least five times a week other than my workouts with him.

As far as diet, he’s advised me to cut out grains (bread, pasta, rice) and dairy, and eat protein, veggies and fruit. For the most part it’s going pretty well, and I don’t often crave sugar and carbs any more.

This blog is meant for you to follow along with my weight loss journey and hopefully learn a few things along the way and keep me motivated.

Some notes on transparency: I will try to share my weight/what I’ve eaten as often as I can and will definitely share with you my workouts.