Particularly because for most of my early life I was considered petite and underweight. However, like many Americans, I have begun to notice the needle on the bathroom scale creeping higher and higher every time I step on and I feel like it is time to address my evolution from a short and petite girl to an overweight woman.
Currently, I am 5 feet 2 inches tall and weigh on average, 135 lbs. Now I know this isn't an incredibly large number, in fact I'm sure there are many people that are the same height and weigh much more, but in regards to the BMI chart, I am teetering between the 'healthy' classification of BMI= 24 and overweight, BMI=25.
Now, I realize that there is controversy regarding whether or not BMI should be used as an accurate measure of physical health, but I feel like it is a helpful benchmark. (Particularly because according to this chart, a healthy weight range for a person my height is between 115 and 131.
I am age 20, and in the three years since I left high school, I have gained ten pounds. I have no idea where the extra weight came from. (Although I do suspect that a summer job at a French restaurant as well as living around the corner from a Chipotle may have contributed...) It seemed like when I would climb on the scale and see I was about 1 or 2 lbs heavier, I would almost always attribute it to a hefty meal I had eaten earlier in the day and never worry about it.
This is what I look like today.
Finally I have decided that enough is enough.
I hope to use this blog to keep myself honest through the coming months, during which I hope to see significant weight loss results. Although my New Year's resolution was to lose the weight and be beach ready by spring break, life always seems to get in the way. (And who ever really follows through with those anyway?!)
So, I will begin by admitting all of the horrible things I put into my stomach over the course of the day...
Breakfast:
1- Banana Nut Muffin: Homemade
Calories: 448
Fat: 23g.
Cholesterol: 71mg
Sodium: 449mg
Carbohydrate: 54g.
Protein: 5 g.
2- Water. 8oz
Nutritional Info Source: The Daily Plate
Lunch:
1/2-Chicken Pomodori Panini from Corner Bakery:
Calories: 390
Fat: 17.5g
Cholesterol: n/a
Sodium: 1050mg
Carbohydrate: 36.5g
Protein: 22g
1/2-Ceasar Salad from Corner Bakery:
Calories: 280
Fat: 23.5g
Cholesterol: n/a
Sodium: 530
Carbohydrate: 10.5
Protein: 6g.
1-Water: 8oz
Nutritional Info Source: Corner Bakery.com
Dinner:
1- Crispy Chicken Tacos with flour tortillas from Chili's*
Calories: 1480
Fat: 74g
Cholesterol: n/a
Sodium: 3890
Carbohydrate: 140
Protein: 68g.
5- Water: 8oz
*nutritional info listed as served. Entire dish was not finished. Different sides were substituted for beans and rice.
Nutritional Info Source: Chili's Generic Nutrition Guide
Daily Totals:*
Calories: 2598
Fat: 138g
Cholesterol: n/a
Sodium: 5919mg.
Carbohydrate: 241g.
Protein: 101g.
Current Caloric Needs:
I currently need 2139.6 calories per day to maintain my weight at a light activity level.
Today, I created a surplus of 458.4 calories and 74.2 g fat.
As you may have guessed, today was not a good day for diets everywhere...particularly mine. Although I have been trying to eat better for most of the semester, it becomes extremely more difficult over spring break. I find that friends and family feel much more comfortable coming together over food, which is quickly taking the place of America's forgotten favorite pastime; baseball.
Although my first day didn't give me that 'step in the right direction' feeling that I have been desperately looking for, maybe this wake up call is better. Rather than report on the tremendous caloric deficit I created on the first day of my diet due to lack of eating and extreme attention to the foods I was eating, I like that I can really see the huge amount of calories I took in today. It is something that demands action rather than a pat on the back.
With that, it's off to bed. Tomorrow will be a better day.
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