I promised myself I would be an open book with the blog, to show an accurate journal or something going through a weight loss journey. I knew there would be triumphs, and I knew that I would be tested.

Just a few days have passed since I posted What I’m Up Against in this whole weight loss journey. Let’s take a moment to reread the 2nd to last sentence of that post, “It’s time to put in the work, stay disciplined, stay focused, and not let my emotions get me off track.” I had no clue that the true test of that statement would come so quickly.

Just after that blog was posted, I was laid off from my job. It’s all still fresh right now, and I’m still figuring out my plan of attack, but here’s the major ways I see this affecting Baker by the Pound.

1. Finances – Obviously, the gym costs money. I feel I’ve been responsible enough that as long as I don’t go too long without income, I can keep this up. Also, this is for my health and as I’ve stated in the past, Orange Theory is the first fitness thing that I’ve been able to keep motivated with. I genuinely enjoy working out!
2. Time – I have a LOT more free time, that’s for sure! All joking aside, when reading the backlog of this blog, I have the most success when I’m very disciplined. So not having a daily job puts me in danger of becoming too loose with eating and working out.
3. Emotion – This is going to be tough, and I CAN NOT let myself emotionally eat and go backwards in my health. That’s a spiral waiting to happen.
4. Stress – Not only can stress risk slip ups in the diet, but there have been studies on it resulting in weight gain. The “stress hormone” cortisol is critical to maintaining blood pressure, stimulating metabolism, and helps regulate blood sugar. Too much of this can lead to everything getting out of sync, your body starts eating muscle and starts storing fat.

This is where it helps to go back and read that blog on what will happen if I don’t do anything or get worse, exactly what’s at stake in this whole thing.

Referencing the Susan Boyle Effect from that same blog once again, it’s a shallow world. So now that I’ll be networking and (hopefully) doing a lot of interviews, I’ll be making a lot of first impressions. One can make the argument with these new circumstances, getting healthy and fit is a higher priority than it has ever been in the existence of this blog!

So I’ll manage my emotions, work hard to send out resumes and write cover letters, but I’ll continue to work out and cook for myself. Everything is linked together and I will pull myself out of this!