Spalmon
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Well , it's d-day minus one as I , like many others I'm sure, will start my new year with a dedicated effort to change my relationship with food once and for all...I'm edging into it by starting logging my food yesterday and today, and have been making sure I get some exercise every day - walking for an hour in rain and wind every day except last Friday since I finished for the Xmas break a week last Friday.
i must have lost stones and stones since I first started trying to diet 25 years ago, and am now fatter and unhealthier than ever, so whatever I've been doing hasn't worked! I have no will power or discipline when it comes to my body and food intake ...except when I'm " on a diet" when I'm pretty good...so, I will be 50 in 2014 and it is getting harder and harder each time so I need to find a route than I can live with forever rather than the endless yoyo-ing . I need to set an initial goal, and then keep amending it to ensure that once I have reached my goal I then set a maintenance goal too. I need to take it slowly and find a way to get exercise permanently into my life...
this is getting harder as I am having pain in my knee which means I can't run any more so need to swim or walk and both of these earn fewer calories than running however that doesn't mean it can't be done and I need to stop looking for eXcuses and get on with it. It's my body, my life and it is precious ...I don't want to be an unhealthy and inactive elderly person I still have many things I want to do and many adventures I want to have.
i really hate my body at the moment ( or rather, hate the way it looks !)...I want to feel attractive again so I can feel more confident. But most important of all I want to be fit for the rest of my life! This matters...so, I need to just do it..
i am going to keep this diary every day to try to keep myself on track with how I'm doing and more importantly how I'm feeling.
i am going to weigh myself tomorrow morning and then do a weekly Saturday morning weigh in...
today I have " treated" myself to a gingerbread latte and breakfast loaf, but logged it and as long as I stick to the plan for the rest of the day and go for my walk I should be within calories -ish...
i feel positive and determined , but a little bit nervous as I really feel this needs to count...if I can't do this , when will I...time is running out I feel to set myself up properly for my middle/old age. Am nervous about weighing myself tomorrow as I can tell from how my clothes feel that this will be the heaviest I've ever been, I feel ashamed of myself just thinking about it.
any helpful hints from anybody gratefully received!
happy new year everyone
spalmon
i must have lost stones and stones since I first started trying to diet 25 years ago, and am now fatter and unhealthier than ever, so whatever I've been doing hasn't worked! I have no will power or discipline when it comes to my body and food intake ...except when I'm " on a diet" when I'm pretty good...so, I will be 50 in 2014 and it is getting harder and harder each time so I need to find a route than I can live with forever rather than the endless yoyo-ing . I need to set an initial goal, and then keep amending it to ensure that once I have reached my goal I then set a maintenance goal too. I need to take it slowly and find a way to get exercise permanently into my life...
this is getting harder as I am having pain in my knee which means I can't run any more so need to swim or walk and both of these earn fewer calories than running however that doesn't mean it can't be done and I need to stop looking for eXcuses and get on with it. It's my body, my life and it is precious ...I don't want to be an unhealthy and inactive elderly person I still have many things I want to do and many adventures I want to have.
i really hate my body at the moment ( or rather, hate the way it looks !)...I want to feel attractive again so I can feel more confident. But most important of all I want to be fit for the rest of my life! This matters...so, I need to just do it..
i am going to keep this diary every day to try to keep myself on track with how I'm doing and more importantly how I'm feeling.
i am going to weigh myself tomorrow morning and then do a weekly Saturday morning weigh in...
today I have " treated" myself to a gingerbread latte and breakfast loaf, but logged it and as long as I stick to the plan for the rest of the day and go for my walk I should be within calories -ish...
i feel positive and determined , but a little bit nervous as I really feel this needs to count...if I can't do this , when will I...time is running out I feel to set myself up properly for my middle/old age. Am nervous about weighing myself tomorrow as I can tell from how my clothes feel that this will be the heaviest I've ever been, I feel ashamed of myself just thinking about it.
any helpful hints from anybody gratefully received!
happy new year everyone
spalmon
