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Although never really happy with my weight, it remained at a constant for a good few years. My BMI was normal and I was comfortable in my skin for the most part. This changed when I started taking anti depressants and it felt like overnight I gained 5kg. Naturally, someone on anti depressants isn't in such a stable mind and the extra weight did absolutely nothing to help. I've tried to unsuccessfully loose the weight and joined the gym, but my super flexible knees and ankles cant seem to withstand the excessive cardio people usually use to get fit and slim down. Anyway, recently I decided enough is enough. My personal situations have robbed me of so many things in life, a lot of which is totally out of my control. But something that is in my control is my health, and I'm not going let my own lack of discipline rob me of that. Im set to marry the love of my life in January, and I'm not going to let myself walk down the aisle knowing that I'm not the best version of myself (mentally, emotionally and physically). They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. So instead of being insane, I'm changing tactics. I've tried every app under the sun, but since I'm not often online, I need some other accountability - good old fashioned paper! I've made a chart to track my weight, water, sleep, measurements etc. I see it first thing on my cupboard when I get up in the morning. I dont have my own scale and kind of just get shock horrors once in a while when I weigh myself. I changed this and brought a fancy scale with body fat %, water % and all sorts of other fun numbers that are automatically recorded. I weigh myself everyday so that I know how I'm doing and when I'm going wrong before it's too late. Instead of constantly injuring myself with exercise that makes me feel like I'm doing a good job at weight loss, I'm going to stick to strengthening and low impact cardio so I can sustainably exercise and not get discouraged everytime I have to take a few week break. Instead of having some vague idea of when I want to weigh what, I've made a short term goal (with dates and numbers) and am going to work towards that and reevaluate at the end of the time period. I hope to loose 8kg in 12 weeks. And then depending on how things go, another 5kg by January. Hopefully all of this will keep me accountable and motivated to keep counting my calories, because abs are after all made in the kitchen. Who knows if this will work, but it's a start :)
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72.8 kg
Lost so far: 0.2 kg.
Still to go: 7.8 kg.
Diet followed: Reasonably Well.
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1464 kcal
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Fat: 70.02g | Prot: 63.87g | Carbs: 140.67g.
Breakfast: Grated Cheddar Cheese, Egg. Lunch: Checkers Minestrone Soup, Hamburger or Hotdog Rolls , Butter . Dinner: Indian Flatbread Naan, Yellow Rice, Vegetable Curry. Snacks/Other: Cadbury Dairy Milk Top Deck, SPAR Full Cream Fresh Milk, Woolworths Stewed Fruit Yoghurt, Apples . more...
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Gaining 0.1 kg a Week
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