Starting over again..

and again.. and again....
Gah.

Things were going well, I lost 20lbs last year, combination of eating healthily & taking up running. Then last summer my life fell apart completely. It suddenly became logistically difficult to prepare healthy meals, I had a lot of relationship/family/job stress going on which meant I sought comfort in food and it all went a bit wrong. I put on 10lbs, and I am surprised I didn't put on more.

Early this year life started to change for the better. The pressures of the previous year had been mostly lifted, and in theory it should have been the perfect opportunity to re-start the healthy eating again (I'd kept up the running over the winter, which I think is why I didn't put on even more).

But I tried, and failed. Tried, and failed. I just couldn't get into the swing of it again. I had no routine, and worse now that I was living alone I had no accountability, no one to shake their head disapprovingly if I ate an entire 400g chocolate bar in one sitting. Then I picked up a running injury, meaning my primary form of exercise had ceased to be viable overnight. Still. I'd not gained weight but I'd not lost any either.

So, that's all the past. On with the future. Today, I am still out from running due to the IT band injury, although it's on the mend. I have however joined a gym and I'm going regularly to try and keep my fitness up. I have decided that this time I will do it. Screw a lack of routine, that's just an excuse. I can lose this 10lbs again, and more besides. I can do it, and I will.

I am not going to start again another time, because it's always the same. This needs to work.

Wish me luck.

(P.S. I would love to make some friends on here! I'm UK based, but I'll add/accept any and all friend requests - the more people to dissuade me from eating all of the chocolate, the better!)