How I'm Doing

Hi, all!  So, weight loss!  My next weigh-in day isn't until Sunday, but I just want to let you all know what's going on for me right now.

Basically, I'm throwing my points system out the window for this week.  After move in day (which was the day I made my last post,) I've been SO incredibly active.  Also, it's been about 90 degrees every day since, so while you're sitting on the couch, you're sweating.  It's basically the best weight loss plan ever.  (Kidding...kind of...)

SO-with Weight Watchers, in order to calculate how many points per week you're allowed, you indicate your current weight and what your activity level looks like.  Well, obviously when I was home this summer I was sitting most of the time.  Now that I'm back at college, I'm up and going almost all the time, so I'm burning through calories left and right.

I think I've probably lost about 4 lbs through sweating the past 4 days alone.  But I digress.  Essentially, I think I've jumpstarted my metabolism with all the force of a great typhoon.  (Little reference to Disney's Mulan.)  So because of this, I'm finding myself becoming hungry a lot sooner than I'm used to.  Also since I've been back at college, I've been doing my best to eat lots of fruits and vegetables throughout the day.  Unfortunately, the sucky drawback with increasing fiber intake is that sometimes you become kind of gassy.  And in college, as everyone knows, there's no place to really go to fart.  It's horrible!  Seriously, I've had conversations with Eden and Ryan about this my freshman year of college.  And I don't mean gassy just in terms of farting, but also in terms of your stomach and gastrointestinal tract making weird noises randomly throughout the day.  I know that's probably TMI for some people, but I'm being completely honest with all of you what you sometimes have to go through.  I know that a lot of this is my body just adjusting to getting the nutrients it needs, but seriously.  It's difficult sometimes.  Haha.

So to wrap up, basically I think I'm doing good with my weight loss.  I had more substance in my meals today because I realized that I'd be getting hungry a lot sooner than usual.  More protein and more fiber, yo!  One of my regrets about our cafeteria is that the caf doesn't usually serve yogurt beyond breakfast.  Which is really sad.  Obviously.  Since they usually have granola.

But-whatever.  I'm going to keep doing the best I can and trying to stay active and healthy to the best of my ability.  That's all anyone can ever ask of you.

Best of luck to everyone out there!  Keep me posted on what's happening for you!

-Megan