The beginning

Well, here I am again. Last year, moving back to Long Island from New York City, I had told myself I would not gain the weight back...and I did. I went from weighing 230 pounds at the beginning of grad school, to weighing around 180 nine months later when I graduated with my master's degree. I began working a desk job and watched myself slowly gain weight as my clothes got tighter. Fast forward to August 2014, a little more than a year after moving back home, and I couldn't deny it anymore. I stepped on the scale and saw 2-3-0 and decided to do something about it.

So I signed up for Weight Watchers. I am making this blog to keep myself honest, and to motivate me to keep it off once and for all. I have diabetes on both sides of my family, two grandparents (mom's mom and dad's dad) were both type 1 and my father was type 2. I watched my grandmother deal with all of the complications that came along with being a diabetic..... I don't want that for myself and will avoid it if at all possible. The idea of insulin injections, kidney problems, and the effect it has on the rest of your body, terrifies me.

Also, as vain as this sounds, I want to look and feel pretty, and feel better about myself. Fifty pounds ago I felt great about myself, I was happy, and I had so much energy. Now, simply put, I'm not.

Tonight I went for a twenty minute walk around the block. My body feels very stiff, maybe from softball on Sunday? I whacked my elbow into the corner of the wall at my apartment and bruised it badly...it hurt all day! I want to start a fitness regimen, starting with walking.

So here goes.

Breakfast:
Oatmeal (1/2 oats, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 vanilla almond milk + 1 TBS chocolate chips) 7 PPS
Coffee + 3 TBS creamer 3 PPS

Lunch:
Salad with grilled chicken, blue cheese, tomatoes, bacon bits @ TGI Fridays 11 PPS

Dinner:
2 cups Crock Pot Vegetable Soup  8 PPS
3 TBS mozzarella, part skim 1 PPS

Snack
String Cheese 2 PPS