Well I am still waiting for the blog design to get finished. I am so eager to get started again and I feel that writing these things down really helps me.
Today I am taking control of my life. I am not dieting , as I don't believe that making quick drastic changes to my life is sustainable. I have done it before, times I will write about in the future. Each time I have gained weight again because I returned to my previous habits and lifestyle. So instead I am making small changes which are sustainable. This means I am not going to lose weight very quickly but more importantly it will stay off.
The first step means sensible eating habits loosely following Weight Watchers. By loosely I mean I am not going on a strict diet like other times I have done WW. I would only use aroung 15 point a day when I was allowed 21- big mistake. So I will use my point up and if I go over it is not the end of the world. The point is I am not going to spend the rest of my life depriving myself and being unhappy. If I want a chocolate bar I will have one. If I want some hot chips I will have them-just not all the time.
The second is exercise- a critical factor for me. I will spend time each day exercising. I am not going to set times as I will spend as much time as I can and that I am motivated for. This will involve riding my new bike, walking, stretching and maybe even swimming and aqua-aerobics.
So my aim is to average 1/2 a kilo a week. Quite easy at the moment at the weight I am at but that I am sure will get harder as the weight comes off- I will reassess my methods then.
Well wish me luck and visit my new blog when it is launched :). I'd love to hear about your own lifestyle change!
May 2003
I have a new blog which should be up and running by 6th May (hopefully). Visit me here at www.lisa.bloghosts.com
Wednesday 11th December
Put on half a kilo & I deseve it. I have not been controlling myself and have been almost eating anything I want- almost. I have a severe craving for a chocolate mudcake with icecream and choc fudge sauce with cream. mmmmmm yum. But am trying to control that by having a little bit of chocolate! I am back on track, but the weather is terrible. Either 40 degrees and stinking hot with the air full of smoke from the bush-fires or today (finally) cold and rainy. Hard to motivate myself to exercise in those conditions!
Wednesday 4th December
Been Sick- Blahhhh. Have no control when I am sick and had KFC and a chocolate as well as a cheese pretzel- at least I didn't get the dip to go with it!. No loss but no gain either- not too bad. I want to feel well!
Wednesday 28th November
Haven't been writing as I felt a bit disgusted with myself. However I got up the courage last night to check my weight (one day late) and it said I'd lost another Kilo! I thought maybe it was just a fluctuation so I checked again this morning and it was the same! Yippee.
I ate out a lot last week. Things are becoming very social in the lead-up to Christmas. But I was doing some right things like walking and drinking lots of water. So I suppose that all helped. I find at my biggest it is quite easy to lose the first 5-10kg (usually I do it in the first couple of weeks- but this time I am doing it slowly and PERMANANTLY) but after that it gets harder (less body weight burns less KJ's) so I will have to slowly cut back on the desserts etc : l
Tuesday 19th November
Scale said I'd lost 1.1 kg this morning. It is a good start. I don't want to lose more than one kilo a week and I will be happy with 0.5 a kilo a week. I've lost weight quickly in the past and have put it back on plus some more. I want this to be permanent so slow is good! I think this way I can still enjoy the occasional night out like last friday and be able to enjoy myself. I know it is going to get harder as it goes- the lighter you are the less kj's you burn so I think it is also time to do some weight training.
Monday 18th November
I am feeling a lot better today. More motivated after a good weekend with two walks and except for Friday night (Tibeten food is not low fat) a good weekend of eating. I went grocery shopping on my own and was very pleased with myself. I wasn't even tempted by the junk food isles and bought heaps of fruit and veg and trim meat.
I went to a great Aboriginal festival last night which I will write about in my main blog- It was amazing! Found a great web site of another Lisa who has lost heaps of weight. Linked below as Lisa is a loser. Well I am going to be a loser too! : )
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