Hello there darlings. I'm Brooke, I'm 20 years old, and I'm a junior in the graphic design program at SDSU in South Dakota. I'm a full time student taking 15 credit hours, and I'm also working about 28 hours every week. I feel crazy, and dammit I know I am, which is why I use it to my full advantage.
I'm new to blogging, but not new to having a journal. Same thing though, right? I can only hope.
Anyway, I'm starting this food blog, or personal food journal for a number reasons. Reason number eins:
1.) I'm overweight. I'm 5'3 and I weight 180lbs. I'm considered obese on the BMI scale. But, I don't look it. I have curves and I know I'm a bit heavy, but I hold myself well, and I also have pretty decent muscle mass from the hips down. (No, it's not all in my vagina.) My calves are huge because the muscle is so big, I can't where boots over my calves because of it. But my thighs have that sexy cottage cheese texture that I'm really starting to dislike, same goes for my hips and ass. Gross.
2.) I'm comfortable with my weight in a sense that I don't try to impress people with being super skinny for them, it keeps me warm in these super frigid winters in South Dakota. But, I'm unhappy. I wish I had more muscle mass in my body, I want to be stronger.
3.) I'm disgusted that I'm willing to throw garbage down my throat and call it a meal. I want to be proud of, and take better care of my body. I want to be comfortable in clothing. I'm going to eat better food so that I feel better, inside and out.
4.) I'm sure as hell not going to lose weight to impress men, or women for that matter. This is all about me. I don't want to look like what the media tells me to look like. I'm going to look healthy by my standards. Which is lean and glowing. I'll stop when it stops appealing to me. But I want to develop new eating habits for life, since I may have a chance of developing diabetes, or other disorders.
5.) I've tried keeping food journals in the past, and I can't. I stop writing shit down, and I don't always accurately write shit down anyway. So I'm going to take pictures of the foods that I eat and post them here so I have an actual visual of what I'm eating instead of forgetting or not caring to write down what I eat. I'm also hoping that taking pictures will help me hone my retarded skills for photography. I suck at it, and need to practice, especially if I'm going to become a graphic designer. Fucking christ dude.
I'm going to eat healthier, I'm going to eat better. More raw foods, more plants like fruits and vegetables. Less garabage like McDonald's. I'll treat myself every once and a while, but that's it. I swear by it.
