That is how many pounds I've gained since September. I know this only because I had an ear infection right around my birthday in September and went into the doctor for good old antibiotics. Once again, my ear is infected, so I made the 45 minute journey (I REALLY need to find a closer doc) on Friday to come face to face with the scale. Two months= 8 pounds heavier.
Some would suggest I should get a scale to have in my home so I could keep better tabs on things. If I wasn't obsessive about my weight- without a scale in my house- I totally would, but I don't think having 24/7 access to my body weight would help anything. It would most likely make things worse.
Two months of eating my emotions. Two months of "I'll start working out tomorrow" and "no more fast food after today" and a million other broken promises to myself.
I don't think there is anything harder for me than to NOT obsess over my weight. The one time I stopped thinking about it so much, when Husband and I got into that comfortable stage of dating about 3 years ago, I gained nearly 40 pounds. Then lost it, then gained some back, then lost a bit, now gaining again. It's absolutely exhausting.
I know he loves me for me, and he loved me 4o pounds heavier, but that can't convince me he doesn't think I look fat with barely anything on. Especially knowing what his past girlfriends look like, knowing they were much skinnier than me.
I feel anxious when I feel fat. I feel like I did as a kid who was overweight with frizzy hair and glasses.
My sister is pregnant, which I'm ecstatic about, but I am genuinely jealous that she's lost 13 pounds since conception due to constant nausea.
I'm working out again...using the video I used all summer before the wedding. I like it, and it definitely gave me results then, but the biggest thing that needs to change is my eating habits. I'm finding it very hard to eat healthy due to the cost of healthy foods more than anything. It's so unfair to have to choose between healthy food and budget friendly food.
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One of the best ways to eat more healthily and less expensively is just to make more of your own stuff. Raw, basic ingredients are often cheaper than their produced pieces and that was a big thing I noticed when I started cooking a lot more.
Is there a CSA in your area or a farmer's market that you could visit?
I know of one farmer's market, but its Thursdays and working the 9 to 5er doesn't give me the chance to go. I need to check and see if there is one on Saturdays, I saw it in the town where I live over the summer, but I'm not sure if its year round (Ohio winters aren't always good for outdoor things)
Thanks for the suggestion though!
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