Kari’s Blog

Part of my struggle with food these days is how much of a part of my social life it seems to be! Every time anyone wants to get together, it’s for breakfast, or lunch, or dinner, or happy hour. I hate being the person in a crowd who’s like "I’ll just have water, thanks" when everyone else is ordering sodas and beer and mixed drinks. It’s also very frustrating to see all my super-skinny friends devouring greasy fries! How do they do that?!? I’m not a jealous person, but really….so unfair! :)rnrnSo tonight I’m getting together with some friends and we’re going out, and here’s my compromise: I’m going to order what I want, but stay in control on portions. One beer. One slice of pizza. Etc. I don’t think that completely depriving myself of these things is going to be a good way to get into a sustainable weight. I really want to be living a life where I make healthy, reasonable choices ALL the time, not just when I’m trying to get the scale to show me a new, lower number. If I cut everything out to lose the weight, and then let myself eat it again when I hit my goal, I’ll just gain it back. So for now, my focus will be on treating myself on occasion but not going overboard. That’s my new mentality - we’ll see how it goes! rnrnHope everyone has a great weekend!

When I met my fiancee two & a half years ago I was at my ideal weight, the weight where I felt good in my clothes and got compliments from strangers on the street. Over the past two and a half years I’ve gone up and down, but more up than down obviously! Even after staying really active with running and other things I’ve managed to gain back those twenty pounds that I worked so hard to lose a few years ago. Well, last month when I got engaged I became determined that I would get back there again. It’s touching to know that my faincee loves me just the way I am, but I know I’ll be a more confident person and more fun to be around if I can feel good about myself again, the way I did when we met. So that’s my goal: get down to the weight I was when we met! And what better reason to do it than to start off on a great life together in a healthy, happy way?