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half_moon

Hello! I'm 5'4" and 23 years old, and my name is Cody (female). It is VERY nice to meet all of you. Please feel free to be my friend.

I have two good friends on here, already-- all just starting in the past two weeks, as I have. I have been using "My Diet Diary", until I found this amazing website/android ap! I can't wait to get started.

When I started my regime, I weighed 178. I was THE indulger. I indulged myself with everything-- refills of Dr. Pepper? Duh, I'm thirsty! A chocolate chip cookie at Subway? Why not-- I just ate a healthy sandwich! And the list goes on. Two months ago, I realized that my 14s were getting tight and I was becoming depressed. I looked in the mirror and for the first time, I really looked. I decided to make a change. I started small-- no cokes, no candies. Then I got inspired. After a month of dieting, I started going to my apartment gym (the reason I moved into these apartments, anyway!) -- I started on the elliptical and after 10 minutes, I thought I'd die. Now, just over a month later, I'm on a strict 1200 calorie diet and going to the gym 5 - 6 times a week-- 40 minutes on the elliptical, 5.25 miles, burning around 600 calories each time! This is the first time I've held on to a routine-- with being at university (I graduated last May) I could never find a routine that fit my crazy schedule. Now, as of this year, I have a stable 8 - 5 job and have been able to set some realistic goals for myself.

I now weigh 168 (10 pounds in two months!!) and am on my way towards my goal-- to be a size 10 by August. It sounds hurried, I understand, but my husband and I are going to celebrate our first anniversary in his home country-- Turkey. Lots of cruises and swimming, and I want to be in the best shape I can be! Seeing all of ya'll posts really keep me motivated and I know I'm not alone.

I'm 5'4" and 23 years old, and my name is Cody (female). It is VERY nice to meet all of you. Please feel free to be my friend.

Struggles:

-I find the hardest thing to do is to watch my caloric intake while eating out.
-I find it hard to eat foods that are not preservatives -- I am rarely home because of my long commute to work and my gym time.
-It is hard for me to find that blurry line between doing this the healthy way and obsessing over protein gram intake, carb intake, and reading all of the contradicting articles online-- one says lower carbs, one says more carbs, one says count calories, one says don't!! So many different things running through my head-- it's hard sometimes not to sit down and realize I do what I can do, and I do it because it feels healthy! And it's as simple as that.
-My previous workouts can intimidate me-- I feel like if I don't do as good as I did the day before, I'm regressing.
-I never know if what I'm eating or doing is the best decision. I'm an indecisive person, but I just have to feel that I'm doing *something*!!

My regular eating schedule:

Breakfast: Either a luna bar or, if I wake up early, egg beaters! I have about 15 minutes to get ready before I have to commute to work near downtown, so large breakfasts are impossible. Usually ~200 calories for breakfast.

Lunch: Either a 6" wheat Subway turkey breast, a meal from My Fit Foods, breakfast, OR on days when I need to splurge, I get the lean turkey breast meal at Boston Market with veggies. Usually ~250 - 450 calories in total for lunch.

Dinner: I work out right when I get home, so I pump the elliptical and then eat immediately after. I eat a Lean Cuisine because of the carbs and low calories, and some bread. I am a bread lover, and this or lunch is the only time I can have some! If I eat a sandwich at lunch, I leave the bread out. ~ 350 - 400 calories.

Snacks: Luna bar! I'm obsessed with the Nuts Over Chocolate bars, and I know people dislike their nutrition, but they have a good amount of calories, protein, and calcium-- something I can't get as often, being lactose intolerant. -180 calories

So there you have it! That's about all I can think of-- any advice or personal experience or hellos are welcome!