Need to get back in shape

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I used to be in pretty good shape, in high school. But this isn't high school, anymore. I noticed when I got a job that I started to gain weight(first job at a grocery store). The thing I loved when working there was my coworkers, the thing I hated was the open availability of junk food. That and I also procrastinated a lot. Then came college! Dorm life is not kind to you. You have limited privacy, you become enthralled in your freedom, snack bar food isn't supposed to be healthy, and, yet again, I procrastinated. Now I've got a gut and I have all the health issues that come with it. I need to get out there and get in shape. Who else has the same problem?

Here's a short story, long.

About 5 years ago I started slowly.
3 push ups
Walking past the mail box.

I added to and in 3 years lost 40 pounds
This was spin cycle class and a bit of weights. At the top i was doing 95 fast push ups 45 slow ones
3 to 4 spin classes per week.

I hurt my neck in a weird chair malfunction in Dr. Office and gained 20 pounds back.
Slowly slowly slowly adding yoga and cycling inside back. After physical therapy and injections.
At my fittest surprisingly folks that hadn't seen me in awhile assumed I was sick perhaps cancer. Fit is not skinny.
Over eating is a symptom as is over drinking alcohol.

Back to Hatha Yoga this evening.

I was fairly skinny when I was in school but that was mostly because I was a very picky eater & didn't always have the food I like available. I never had much mussel thou. I gained some weight after high-school cuz I ate more & it wasn't usually that healthy. I got in better shape after I started working cuz I worked as a dishwasher & then cleaning floors & doing custodial things. Around the time I quit working I started taking Remeron/Mirtazapine. The med made me very hungry & tired. I'd sleep & eat on it. I gained a pants size in a couple months. I didn't exercise much till I moved in with my girlfriend years latter so I still had the weight & lack of mussels. I eat kind of unhealthy & tend to binge eat so I gained even more weight after I moved in with her. My doc was kind of on my back about getting in better shape & I wanted to be in better shape so I started walking, lifting some 5 pound wights & got my binge eating under control. My doc told me I had a good BMI. 1ce winter came I couldn't go walking as much cuz of the cold & snow & I started binge eating again. I'm also on a med that might could cause weight gain. Now I weigh the most I never had in my life. I'm trying to quit the binge eating & exercise more but that's hard to do cuz I love hanging around my girlfriend & laying in bed with her if she's using her tablet or reading.

I went to O. A.(for OverEaters) for a while.
Celebrate Recovery can also be helpful.