Cora Ling is a 31 year old highschool teacher recently home from working overseas who lives in Eastern Ontario. She recently celebrated her first year anniversary with her amazing husband who is currently in school to become a teacher as well. (They had a Steampunk wedding!)Starting Weight: 148lbs.
Current Weight: 146lbs.
Goal Weight: 135lbs.
A Little Bit About Me
Over the past few years I have had an experience that changed my life. Being a new teacher in Canada right now it is not the easiest of careers, unless of course you don't mind not having a job. So after graduating my husband (than boyfriend) and I decided that the overseas option was really the best one for us....Hey how about China?!? Sure! Why not?! Let's go!
Three years of teaching in Southern China changed the way that I looked at the world, at my career and also at myself. Jumping on a 18 hr flight wasn't that big a deal anymore. Having to push and shove your way onto (and off of) a subway was just how you got around. Getting my food brought to me covered in oil was just the way that things were done. Yet a strange thing happened. One day a good friend of mine was over and, looking at one of the photos of myself and my friends that I had on the wall, he commented on how much weight I had lost since coming to China. WHAT?!? But the food here, while it may be fantastic (and I am talking some of the most amazing food I have ever had!), it is covered with oil and grease! I am eating more rice every day than I did in a month back home in Canada! But he was right. Somehow (and I am still trying to figure it out) I lost at least 2 dress sizes without realizing it.
Now I am not a big person to begin with. Being 5'9" and weighing about 165 or so when I went to China, coming home at 142 was awesome. But than I came home. And the weight started again. Very small amounts but I have only been home for just under a month and I am back up to 148. Too much yummy food I haven't tasted in too long! lol But the last thing I want to do is put back on the weight that the mysterious "China Diet" had taken off. So here I am.
My husband has been telling me for years that I should start doing some exercise to stay in shape and to help with the depression and anxiety that has been plaguing me for longer than he has known me; and now that we are getting ready to start a family, the doctors are saying the same. Well, if I am going to do it, I may as well do it right. And that starts with the food going into my body, as well as what I do with it.
I love to cook, but have always been more of the "that looks good, but what if I did this to it.." kind of chef, so I never have any idea what cal/fat/sodium, etc is going into what I eat. And my idea of dieting was always, eat less and more salad, but all this gives me is a rumble-y belly (which wakes me up in the middle of the night to sneak some chips and dip) and a husband who doesn't want to talk to me. My goal is healthy, yet filling meals that fit within a 1210 cal (for me) and a 1400 cal (for him) diet that isn't going to have us running back to the fridge for more in an hour. Oh, and tasty, tasty food. Can't forget that!!
Saturnine is a 32 year old public school, junior music teacher in the GTA, Ontario. She is married to a wonderful man (They had a medieval pirate wedding!) and has two weird and affectionate cats who shed fur on all of her clothes. (One is black and the other is white so no fabric is safe!)Starting Weight: 250lbs.
Current Weight: 241lbs.
Goal Weight: 175lbs.
Hi! Let Me Introduce Myself...
Dieting is hard! I've always hated dieting. The food never tasted very good, the portions were minuscule, and the weight loss was never enough to be worth it. Thank goodness for the internet though, because now I can find food that is actually tasty, filling and good for you!
I'm a big girl. I'm 32 years old, 5'2 and currently weigh 250lbs. I also have PCOS and want to get pregnant and in order to do that, I need to lose weight. I've always tried to justify my plus size; I often make my own dresses and I rock my short, pink (sometimes purple, sometimes blue) hair. I try to feel good about the body I have and not get too down on myself for not looking a certain way or fitting into a certain size. But now, I have to get serious about my weight. I've let this go for far too long!
I was brought up in an Italian home with big Italian meals. I like my carbs and I especially like my pasta. My grandmother was always telling me, "Mangiare, mangiare!" (eat, eat!) and my mother was always telling me to slow down. They were my devil and angel on my shoulders. My mother also lost a lot of weight when I was in highschool. I had just gotten my driver's license and fast food was forbidden at my house so I would sneak it while out in my car and eat it before I got home. I know I have lots of food issues and this is why this particular food challenge is going to be so difficult for me.
My goal is to lose 75lbs this year. To do this I have joined myfitnesspal.com and am now trying to stick to a 1500 calorie a day diet. I am trying recipes from books, websites and friends that are all low calorie/high protein. I am also going to attempt exercise. *The horror!!* Oh, and did I mention that I'm making my husband do all this with me? This blog will be a place for me to share my journey and those recipes that won't make me want to give up and eat a whole chocolate cake while crying onto the scale.
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