Hello everyone!
My name is Tracy, and I am 21 years old finishing my last year of college. I am starting this blog in order to motivate myself to lose this annoying weight that I have gained since starting college. I am going to outline my weight journey here to start:
(Height: 5' 9.5")
High School: 135 - 140 lbs (Very active and at ideal weight)
College Starts -
Summer after Freshman Year: 151/152 lbs
Summer after Sophomore Year: 157.5 lbs
Studied Abroad -
January of Junior Year: 169.5 lbs
Summer after Junior Year: 158 lbs
I gained a lot of weight while studying abroad for a semester, but then I slowly lost it without really trying the following semester. At the end of my Junior year was when I decided to become a vegetarian. (I will make a different post about my reasons for this)
Through the summer following I lost about 5 lbs naturally from not eating meat. However, I've hit a plateau at about 158 lbs that I cannot get under. I have decided to start DietBet (a website in which you bet money to lose 4% of your weight in 4 weeks, all people who meet goal split the pot). I'm hoping this will make me stick with healthy eating because I can't afford to lose money at the moment...
The dietbet starts Monday (Sept. 24). I plan to post about my weekly meals, exercise, and my progress. I am also eating about 60% Vegan and hope to change to about 80 - 90% starting Monday, giving myself one cheat day/meal a week to keep me sain.
I am also "training" for a 5K. I signed up for a 5K race for my school in 3.5 weeks. Right now I can run 2 - 2.5 miles somewhat comfortably, so my goal is to be able to run the whole thing at the race.
I think that is all for now, but I will make more posts very soon!
