DATE: 09/12/2010 15:13:28 / MOOD: disappointed
I know that I've only been going regularly to the gym for a week, but I still would like to have seen SOME progress. I was a good girl and did not pig out on chips when I could have, I had raw cucumbers and bellpeppers with a soy dip instead. I'm pretty sure that I ate breakfast every day, that is if you can call it breakfast when you get up at 12!I'm hoping that now that i get back to work, I will lose some weight since I won't be bumming around all day but actually working. My schedule will be back as well, and although I know it will be hard trying to fit the kids and their dinners, extra-curricular activities in as well, it should go better. It's so hard to try to stay positive when you have nobody encouraging you!
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DATE: 08/30/2010 12:50:25 / MOOD: bored
So day 1 went ok. I had a breakfast of 2 eggs with some chopped up bell peppers and a tomato. For lunch I had some leftover curry and for dinner some low fat chili with beef chunks. All homemade so I know what went in it!Having a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon but it ain't tastin too good for some reason.I feel stuffed and full, want to go to sleep early tonite and then be a good girl and hit the gym tomorrow!
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DATE: 08/29/2010 11:50:14 / MOOD: don't know
This is my secret weight loss diary where I need to vent every once in a while.
I used to be thin, after I had my kids. I weighed like 45 kg. Then I worked at a gym and was super fit, I could eat what I wanted. At some point I decided to give up smoking and I just started gaining weight. Then I worked more and more and just kept on gaining weight. I have a rather stressy life and little time for exercise. It's not an excuse, "if you don't have time, make time!"
So now I've signed up at the gym and am giving myself 9 months to a year to lose 13 kg. I am not the kind of person who succumbs to lures of cookies or cake, I don't like sweets at all! My downfall is cheese and chips, salty and fatty. Ihaven't told my husband what I weight, he has always been on the slim side and loses weight very fast. He tries to give me tips on how to lose weight but ends up making me feel like sh*t. Hence, a secret diary where I can share what I weigh and when I have sinned. I do want to lose weight, I saw pictures of myself in a bikini and thought: what in the world have I become?
Since I have unsuccessfully tried every single diet in the book, I have decided to come up with my very own. I don't want to cut anything OUT of my diet per se, I just want to cut DOWN on certain things or enhance others.
I hereby vow to do the following:
eat breakfast each day, low fat and healthy carbseat 5 small meals a day to keep my metabolism goingdrink at least 2.5 litres of water per dayavoid alcoholic beverages take time for myself and hit the gym 5 times a weekStrength training 2 x a week, Cardio 3 x a weekIf I cut down on 441 calories per day, I will lose my weight by March. That's my goal.That means a restriction of about 200 calories in food and then burning about 200 calories extra. According to math, that would be like 15 min of cycling, and I usually work out for about 45 minutes when I am at the gym. Still fine-tuning everything but am positive.Since I am not getting positive feedback from my family I will do this myself, with the mental support of my best friend.
It's a little discouraging becuase I know that I give up easily, but I have already lost 3 kgs without trying all too hard, so it is possible.
I will try to go to bed each night with positive thoughts in my head: I can, I will!!!
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