Total Newb - Joining the Rebellion despite my crazy hours!

[Sruthi]

Hey Everyone!

 

I'm super new to Nerd Fitness - just came across the site yesterday! Fell in love with it immediately and decided the Rebellion found me just in time. Here's a little bit about myself. Make me your friend if anything in here jives with ya!

 

Me and my chub:

I've been overweight since I was 16. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism after 8 months of significant weight gain and presumed I was doomed (insert pity party here). Even though I was a dancer, I ate like crap, which was re-inforced by my parents habits, and never lost weight, just slowly put more on. In college I was very active but my eating and newly added drinking habits did not help the situation. I peaked at 160 lbs, which is a LOT on my 5'2" frame. I entered graduate school determined to make a change. In 2009 I lost 23 lbs over 8 months, finally getting back into the upper end of the healthy range, and managed to keep it off for almost 2 years! I even ran a half-marathon. Then came 3rd year of med school. All the good eating habits and exercising went out the door in an attempt to survive the crazy hours and studying. I re-gained most of the weight I had lost AND I injured my ankle when I restarted running a year ago since I completely deconditioned over the 12 months. Now one year later, I'm 10 pounds above a healthy BMI, not completely recovered from my injury, still not eating well even though I know what I should be doing, still not back into a regular exercise regimen, and about to start my residency training in 3 weeks. FML.

 

Nerd qualifications:

So I'm not a traditional video-game playing nerd. Sorry . I've always seen the appeal but never got into it. BUT I have both a MD and a PhD, have seen every episode of TNG, have seen all the StarWars, love Firefly and MythBusters, have made model rockets for fun, have read a decent amount of sci fi novels, have been known to snort when excited... and so forth.

 

Goals:

• Use the Rebellion to get on and stay on track during my residency training!
• Finally get down to a healthy weight and get chiseled so it's easier to maintain.
• Change my eating and exercise habits for good so I don't have to work to stay healthy, it just becomes the routine.
• Set an example for my patients. If I can do it working ~80 hrs/wk, anyone can. Well, maybe not a surgery resident or an associate in a high-end law firm but you get the idea.
• Embrace my inner Nerd and kick some a$$.

~Sruthi

[fengor]

*hands you a browncoat* welcome to the rebellion and our crowded skies

[Sruthi]

Thanks Fengor!

[TxAg_WxNerd]

Welcome! You may want to try the challenge that starts on Monday as a way to stay on track. I am going to be try my first one as well.