Q Lilac: New Recruit

[qlilac]

So now that I'm official I have to make my introduction. Boring backstory included.

 

I'm Q Lilac, 5'5" female banker and I'm jumping back on my horse.

 

    In January I weighed in (after not looking at the scale for almost a year) at 171, which so far has been my peak. I started going to the gym like crazy and counting calories, and lost roughly 20 pounds.

     In April I had a blackout episode and went to the ER due to a few hours of weird memory loss. To this day we still don't have a solid answer what happened, and it hasn't happened since, but I was barred from driving for two months in case it was a form of seizure.

     Immediately after being able to drive again I moved out of my parents house for the first time to a large house with a few roommates. At the time I also had to transfer to a closer branch where I spend 4 months absolutely miserable. I quit and moved to a new company.

    Three weeks ago I weighed myself and I was right back up to 171.8. Right back where I didn't want to be. Also, in the past three months my girlfriend has shown incredible progress in her fitness goals. So since then I started researching as much as I could to lose weight in a sustainable and healthy manner, and how to improve the rest of myself while doing it.

 

I'm very bad at acknowledging my growth, so I will say there are a few strides I've made this year that I'm proud of.

- Moving out to my own place

- Quitting a job that made me miserable everyday and finding a company that makes me incredibly happy

- Cutting out caffeine past lunch and falling asleep by 9 latest most days.

 

 

And here's what I want to accomplish.

- Continue paleo(ish) diet with carb cut back.

- Be able to do a push up and pull up. Eventually more than one.

- Lose 20-40 lbs body fat. Working on calculating the exact percentage I want.

- Fit into my girlfriends clothing again so I can steal more of her stuff.

- Keep detailed record of progress including measurements.

 

 

Long intro over, I could use some assistance in setting up realistic and quantifiable goals for my own personal challenges since I'm not the best at coming up with those.

[qlilac]

I should mention that I let the inability to drive to the gym stop me from working out. Also losing half a day's worth of memories/ability to create memories really screws with you mentally.

[Basement Cat]

Welcome to the rebellion!

 

Woah, that memory loss thing is scary. I hope it doesn't happen again. 

 

For your push up and pull up goals, Steve has some good articles if you need some info. Here and here.

 

Good luck! Keep us posted!

[qlilac]

Thank you!

 

My hope is that physical and emotional improvement will rub off on that as well