You know how polar bears eat all summer long to sustain themselves in hibernation for the winter? Well, I think I just might be part polar bear.
As some of you know I was a work out FREAK and health nut from last October to this June (I lost 15 pounds!). I started loosing my grip when we took our first week long trip of the summer to youth camp. You know, youth camp is always the mecca for healthy food. No seriously, worst food of my life. It was like a yellow meal each day, but worse. I think I ate cereal almost every meal.
So that was a bummer, came back and had a back strain from lifting one of the youth girl’s heaviest bags on earth, and at that moment when all I wanted to do was sleep, I realized that I was loosing my grip on working out. For me, if I don’t do something consistently I will just drop it and find another “obsession”. I tried to work out a few weeks after my back felt better, and then came another week long trip… to Honduras. Well I couldn’t really count calories there because I had no idea what I was eating! So another bad week went by and I was slowly loosing steam… again. I came back trying to regain the ground I had lost and then came Love Affair in Atlanta for 9 DAYS. Yes, Love Affair is a very bad place to try and lose weight. We go to the best places around town for EVERY meal and everyone orders something different and we try it all (except Millie, she just likes normal food).
When I had come home I had just bought Rev, my horse, and had stopped going to the gym altogether because I needed to go and visit him daily to keep him active. I no longer could fit into my size 6 jeans. They were a little snug, if you know what I mean.
So now, sadly… 10 pounds have revisited me for the winter, and I guess I’m just going to have to start over. Maybe I’ll just be a yo-yo for the rest of my photography life. I think if I had a routine without massive amounts of travel that I could keep a steady grip on it, but for now I guess I’ll just be fat me in the winter and skinny me in the spring.
Today I decided to be vegan until I can regain control of my wavering will. I had toast and applesauce for breakfast.
Anyone else out there feeling the polar bear in them?
by Lauren Clark
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