Motivation Struggles

Hi all!

I decided to join myfitnesspal for a little bit more accountability to myself. I'm been overweight all my life, and though I am familiar with the concept of counting calories and logging food and exercise, doing it by hand in a journal or whatever often leads to me slacking off and skipping a day... and then another day... and then a week. I had a lot of success a few years with the Wellspring program (I'm 18 now, I was 15 at the time) and lost about 80 pounds. 2 years later, my current weight is higher than my initial weight at that time. I had maintained for two years, and the weight gain itself was actually very, very rapid. Medications I was taking and a lack of inactivity after knee surgery contributed to the situation, but starting college and leaving the safety of my health-food-stocked home made it much more difficult for me to just make good decisions in general.

I'm someone that hates coking, so my plan is to focus almost entirely on smoothies during the week and have a healthy /solid/ meal or two on the weekend. I usually do bananas, a clementine, some kale or spinach, a few tbsp of silken tofu, 2 tsp of chia seeds, 1/2 tsp of coconut oil, and some sort of protein powder.

I'm working towards having a minor surgery at the end of May, and would like to lose many 15-20 pounds by then. Has anyone else gone the smoothie route? o: