Hey There

 

 

My name is Cassie and this is my first attempt at blogging. As you can probably tell from the title of this blog, it’s about putting an end to crash dieting like extreme calorie cutting, over exercising, all liquid diets, diet pills, etc. And an attempt to make healthy food decisions day by day while trying to make regular exercise part of your life. Now this is not just going to be me rambling on about how you all should be doing this, this, and the other thing. This blog is a journey, my journey to be exact.

 

Since I was 17 I have gained and lost the same 60-90lbs three time; I have gained the weight three times and lost it twice. Each time I lost I would get to a weight where I didn’t completely hate the way I looked, to slowly but surely creep back up to a point where I can’t stand to look at myself. I would lose the weight with extreme calorie cutting and counting to the point where it was definitely obsessive. Most of the time I was too tired to work out, most likely from the lack of calories. Gaining the weight back was always so easy: you feel depressed about your weight, you eat about it, more depression, eat about it- and on and on. Well at least that was the case for me. I have been trapped in this cycle for almost 10 years. And honestly, enough is enough.

 

So, I think all these diets and self abuse in the name of being skinny have got to stop. I’m attempting something new. I am going to try not to lose weight to get skinny but to change my lifestyle to get healthy and into the shape I want to live a better quality of life. I hypostasize that it will come down to making several better choices in what I eat each day and forcing myself to get active till I actually start to enjoy it. I also think that  is going to be a lot of emotions I am going to have to face and deal with. There’s going to be a lot of compulsion( and thus binge eating) that I will have to gain control over.

 

This is not going to be a censored blog in any way. When I have a great day, eating well and getting exercise in, I’ll write about it. When I have an awful day where I never get off my butt and eat 4000 calories, I’ll write about it. I’m hoping that through documenting my journey as honestly as I can that maybe someone might read this and think “ Oh that’s just like me, maybe I can do it too” .

 

I’ll try to keep it interesting, try out new work out routines and venture into the world of healthy food I haven’t tried before. If I come across any books, advice, or even good quotes( I’m all for motivational ones) I’ll let you guys know. Also expect regular rants, essays, and complete fiction based on anything I find that relates to this journey while I'm on it.

 

Tomorrow starts the first day of regular posting my journey to a healthy life style. Even if I don’t succeed, at least there won’t be any more yo-yos.

 

Till tomorrow

 

Cassie