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Hello to all, 

Well, I suppose it would only be fitting to introduce myself to the thousands upon thousands of people that will NOT be following me. Lol! Even though gaining followers, comments, Internet fame, etc, is not the point or purpose of this blog, I suppose I should talk a bit about myself and my love/hate relationship with weight and body image.

Well to start, like a lot of bloggers I follow, I've been stalking people long before finally deciding to jump in the water. It's just that, the more blogs I read the more it seems to make sense to get some of these thoughts out of my head, sending them out into the void. I think it'll help. Err, I hope it'll help. 

Okay, so basically I've been on a constant weight related roller coaster for years now. Since 16-17ish. I suppose I'm changing my methods based how successful it seems to be for others... Although not necessarily healthy, I've been working to adapt some tips and tricks to my life in a... "healthy" way? I'm not starving myself or fasting, but I am restricting more than I others think I should. But I don't care, this is the best progress I've ever made, so I'm going to stick with it. I do want to note that although I'm not "Pro-Ana" I'm not here to judge people. 

I probably won't be noting my daily intake all the time since I already record it elsewhere, but I can post what an average day would be like on occasion, and I like Thinspo so I'll post some of that occasionally as well. I exercise about 5 times a week, running and heavy lifting. I was doing Yoga, which was nice, but I don't think I like it as much as I want to like it, lol. A friend of mine from small group is into recreational sports and asked if I wanted to join her soccer friends for a kick about, so I think I'll try that for Sunday afternoons. It sounds like it could be fun, so I'm excited. 

I will admit that back in December I got on tumblr to try "blogging" my weight loss journey and discovered the Fitblr community. I loved the motivation and energy that came from it and was greatly influenced by the mantra that said "Everything (even bad food) in moderation is the key to losing weight", and "Eat more, weigh less". Which seems to work for a lot of people, but for me it lead to constant bingeing and too often I was reasoning that is was okay for me to eat all the chocolates, pastries, take aways, etc that I wanted. As a result I have made 0 progress. No weight loss, no inch loss, no better fitting clothes, etc for 3 MONTHS!! I've been beyond frustrated for the last month and decide that the Fitblrs weren't doing me any favors. Other people may be able to eat more, but I guess I can't. That's based on personal observation of actually trying.... Now, I don't really want to use my tumblr for the weight loss methods I need, because the Fitblrs seem pretty unforgiving... Besides, I think a new blogging environment will help keep me motivated. 

Sorry for the rant, back to more important things. I'm a part time student and work part time at a desk job. I live with my parents still, and don't really have that much money to buy my own food, but I do what I can.

I suppose these will be my starting stats:

Age: 24
Height: 5'7" (170cm)

Weight: 

HW: 174 lb
SW: 167 lb
CW: 152 lb

GW1: 140 lb
GW2: 130 lb
UGW: 120 lb

Measurements: 

Arms: 10.5/10.5 in

Thighs: 23.5/24 in

Bust: 38 in

Waist: 29 in (on a good day) 

Hips: 39 in

And finally a "before and during" picture that I made a couple months ago, but because I basically haven't changed since January I think it still applies. 

Nice to meet you all, and I hope all is well with you. 

Jack~