30 lbs to lose

CostaRica120

Hi all. I'm new(ish). I've tried using MyFitnessPal a few times in the past, but never stuck with it for very long. But I'm back because I'm getting married this year and really want to feel great when I start wedding dress shopping.

My goal weight is 120lbs. I hadn't weighed myself in a few months, and recently replaced the battery in my scale and weighed myself to find I am at 150lbs, which was a little depressing since it's about 10lbs higher than what I expected. So instead of 20lbs to lose, it's 30. But I think that's theoretically doable, since we're planning a December wedding. I say theoretically because for all the years that I've *tried* to lose weight, I should have lost it 10 times over. I'm also going to be going to Costa Rica in April (hence my username) and would love to be in decent bikini shape

To be honest, I feel discouraged already just because of what feels like years and years of failing to lost weight. I joined the site again shortly before the New Year and feel like I have already slipped more days than I've stuck with it. I know that being to restrictive has led to binges in the past, so I've set my weight loss goal at only 1lb per week, and I intend to eat back at least a portion (30% maybe?) of my exercise calories.

For exercise I am running 3 times per week to prepare for a 10K I want to run in May. Currently I'm running 4-5K and am working my way up. I know I should incorporate some weight lifting or something, but I don't really know where to start with that.

Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself as I hope to try to join in on the forums a little for some accountability and for support. Hi

CostaRica120

Also, I've just changed my food diary to public for accountability. What's already in there is kinda embarrassing but shows my not-so-healthy/consistent eating habits. Eating too little and then scarfing down snack after snack.