BE-YOUtiful : You're In College, Aren't You Supposed to Drink?

It has been awhile since I have blogged, so I just wanted to give an update:
I weighed in yesterday for Weightless Wednesday and I am now 191.2 pounds:) Honestly? It is mostly from eating healthy. I haven't been working out very much, and if I have it is not a hard workout. Since I am home for break I am making my own food like egg whites and fruit for breakfast, chicken tacos for lunch, and last night I made homemade pizza with spinach, black olives, jalepeños, and grilled chicken for dinner. It has been about making healthy meal and snack choices and so far, so good.
It has taken a long time to even lose 30 pounds, but when I look at the 16 more pounds I want to lose by the end of May, it doesn't seem so bad!

The reason for this particular blog is that I wanted to talk about drinking. Alcohol (and eating terribly) is the major reason that I gained so much weight. I didn't realize the amount of calories alcohol has it in not to mention the food you consume while intoxicated. And it sneaks up on you. Looking back at pictures from my junior year in high school, it's incredible how lean I am. Then slowly from my senior year into my first year in college, it got out of control. Oh here, let me show you.

In the second picture, the one on the right is me at playoffs my junior year of high school, the one on the left is last year, I was going on a date with my boyfriend, and I was huge.

And that's what alcohol did to me, along with my many other unhealthy choices and it just spun out of control. So I stopped drinking. And in college especially that's hard to do because that's how people interact and socialize. And people will pressure you. And you'll probably lose some friends. But I don't regret it one bit. I don't miss wasting a ton of money. I don't miss hang overs or throwing up. I don't miss waking up and hating myself for consuming five slices of pizza at 3am the night before.

It's one of the best decisions I've made.