Game plan

So I realized that as of late I am unhappy with my body and really need to get my ass in gear. I used the word "realized" loosely as it was not exactly a shock, but I was kind of avoiding really taking a good look at myself and where I am right now.

This is why I decided I need to create a game plan of sorts, because I'm the kind of person that needs that. If I don't monitor myself at all, I gain, if I am aware of what I am doing, I maintain or lose, and if I have a goal, I lose quicker.

I looked at all sorts of tips, tricks, diets and challenges and I don't really know how I feel about any of them. I like the idea of the ABC diet so I went through the numbers and if you take the mean its 250 cal a day, or 1750 cal a week, for 50 days alternating the caloric intake with the occasional fasting day.

My main issue with this plan, or most of them really, is that I know I'll end up drinking, which is essentially an unplanned binge, considering the amount of calories in alcohol. This is especially problematic as a lot of the time when I go out its a fairly last minute thing and I haven't really prepared for it, in terms of restricting so I can "afford" it.

So my plan is to allot one drinking night a week or something to that effect, where I have set aside some amount of my calories for the week. That way my caloric intake will still remain where it should.

Logically I should just not go out drinking and just follow a plan with lovely balanced diet of healthy foods and incorporate regular exercise for a fairly drawn out period of time to reach my goals and really change my life, but lets be real here. I'm a student, I want to enjoy myself, I have academic obligations that take over my life from time to time and just add to that the fact I'm impatient, self-hating and frankly a little crazy sometimes.

(Side note: I don't mean to degrade lose weight any specific manner. I'm more making fun of myself for not ever being able to do something the "right", healthy, and/or "normal" way.)

Anyways, I still need to work out the bugs in my plan and figure out a way to adjust it but in the mean time I"ll be doing the ABC diet.