exercise plan

[happyevraftr]

I've been trying to get back in shape and I'm going to bore you with my health plan. =D

I was really thin in highschool and college- mainly due to cheerleading and dance. But now that I'm older (in my mid 20's), and as a result from dancing my entire life, my metabolism has slowed waaaayyyy down. Combine that with my depression over being unemployed and I'm the heaviest I've ever been :(

I've been having a hard time loosing weight because it takes such extreme exercise for my body to actually loose weight. The last time I had to loose significant pounds I only ate 700 calories a day and ran over two miles/lifted weights every day. On top of my seven hours of dance a week. It was brutal and I always felt terrible.

This time, I'm trying to loose the weight without starving myself. Besides dance, I'm doing P90X and running two miles on the elliptical every day. Crossing my fingers that this will work and that I can keep up with it. I always end up getting sick or crazy busy and it ruins my schedule.

I want my eighteen year old body back though!!!

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Yeah, I've been trying to add more protein into my diet. P90X comes with a nutrition guide so I've been trying to get some ideas from that. Specifically, things that are easy to cook and not crazy expensive. That program is also very centered around body building type stuff along with cardio. I figure I can't go wrong by running two miles a day either lol.

You're certainly right about eating more to loose weight though. I feel so much healthier and more energetic when I get enough calories. It's just about eating the good stuff.

I finished day three strong today- but I had Chinese food for dinner (there's this AMAZING take out place right on my way home from work.....plus my husband asked lol)

Actually, for me that's my biggest obstacle- my husband. He's a bean pole with the metabolism of a five-year old. He actually ate fast food for every meal for two weeks and didn't gain a pound. It's absolutely ridiculous. The problem with this is that he really doesn't understand that not everybody is like that. I can't eat whatever I want. I've never been able too. However, it makes me feel embarrassed to have to turn him down lol. I should probably get over that ^^

I'll keep posting about my progress! My goal is to loose seventy pounds total. It feels like I have forever to go...