Eat Stop Eat

Ok, so I'm gonna start a new diet thing tomorrow. I've been counting calories and exercising for the past year and a half and all I've managed to lose is 8 pounds. Most of my weight is in my belly, making jeans hard to fit right and shopping a dreadful thing. Basically with this diet you eat regularly with your favorite snack foods such as ice cream, etc, in moderation. But the trick is that you fast for 24 hours every other day or so. Since this is actually really close to the way I are when I was skinny, I think it may work. I'm still going to continue to exercise and eat healthy, just taking a little break from food. I'll come back in about a week to post results, if any. :)


Update: it's now December 8th and I've lost about 5 more pounds. :) It's actually easier than what I thought and even if you cheat a little, you still lose weight. The only thing I have struggled with is finding a time to start to make it easier. Either way, I've kept it up mostly. Hoping more progress comes.

Being Poor and Eating Healthy

Like many people in the United States, I am one of the millions trying to lose weight. This has been something that I've struggled with throughout the past 4 years, since I graduated from high school. When you have a job and a good amount of money coming in every month, it's easy to eat healthy and unhealthy, whichever one may choose. When you don't have a job and living on unemployment, it's easier to eat from the dollar menu. I don't really have many tips on eating healthy while being unemployed but just look out for bargains and choose wisely. For example, instead of getting 2 apple pies for a dollar at McDonald's, get the fruit and yogurt parfait. Being unemployed, there's plenty of free time so instead of watching the all day marathon of Ancient Aliens on the History Channel, get out and walk for an hour, enjoy the view, take a few pictures to throw up on Instagram to make yourself look cool, and you'll be surprised at how many calories you'll burn. There's also plenty of fitness apps that you can use, but my favorite is myfitnesspal. Water is also your best friend, and it's less expensive from the tap than buying a two liter Diet Coke.


But then again, you could be one of those people who could eat pizza all day, everyday and not gain a single pound. In that case, fuck you, I envy you. And don't give me that crap about how it's not easy being the skinny kid either. I'm in a REALLY bad mood today and this entire post just went downhill talking about weight loss. It's the hardest thing I've ever tried, I say "tried" because I've yet to accomplish it. This makes me sad. :(