Hello Again!
Well I thought I would resurrect this old blog, as 1 year and 6months later of reaching desired target, I can feel those pounds creeping back on...
It has been quite a stressful year which has ended in relocating. As this is a new start and beginning, I wanted to get back on track with healthy eating and exercise (hopefully I shall be back to where I want to be in time for the summer months). I don't need to loose as much as I needed to previously but in this stressful season I have learnt some things about me. Even though I lost 4 stone in weight, I still struggle with eating and maintaining my weight. I find it really hard.
1. When I am really sad, I loose my appetite and when I'm really stressed, I seek out food.
2. This comforting action means I like to eat and anything that happens in life, seems to be reason enough to treat myself.
3. I can't really control sweet/sugar type foods. The more I eat the more I want/crave.
4. Drinking any alcohol, especially wine, will make me gain weight. My body seems to forgive chocolate/takeaways but not drinking...
5. When I get motivated I can loose the weight, I can be strict with myself and task focused.
6. Once I have lost the weight, I am usually good at maintaining for a couple of weeks until either stressful situations come or I indulge in the sweet/sugar foods and then struggle to come off them.
7. I am the only one who cooks in our household, so a treat for me is not cooking ie. takeaway/eating out. I really appreciate not thinking about cooking/prepping and planning meals. I like not clearing up too!
8. Loosing fat (the pounds) is great but I still had flabby bits (as I needed to tone up too)
9. I also really enjoy food!
10. I really hate wasting food, infact I'd rather eat it, even if I'm not hungry, rather than throw it away.
If I knew how to solve my thinking then I guess I would have nothing to blog about! For now this seems to be an on-going project...
When I first lost weight, it was about being in a healthy BMI and to feel better about myself. Whilst I still want to be in a healthy BMI range, I also want/would like my body to be fit and healthy. I feel I need to develop my fitness and muscle tone too. I need to learn good eating habits and I want to feel good about the way I look. I am now in my thirties and as each decade approaches metabolism slows down and you become more prone to gaining weight and losing muscle tone. I do want to look after myself and I use my body all the time! (Meaning - looking after 4 children, in and out of different stressful situations all the time, really impacts on my energy/mood levels). I need my body to be functioning and in good condition to do the job God has given me (which atm is parenting young children).
This blog is my journey, an account of reflections as I press on (i'd just like to point out I have no fitness/weight loss training etc, no science or Dr know-how about any of this). Now, will I get past week 1 :)
