About My Diary
So my weight loss journey, if that is what you will call it, started in earnest a year and a third or so ago, but it never really got off the floor till August of 2011.
I'm one of those gals for whom weight loss is a slow and bone crunching thing, but I'm used to that by now. Like many of you, I have PCOS, and I have known since I was 16.
I never used to take this aspect of my physiology seriously till I was married and wanted to start a family. I never took the issues it imposes upon my weight loss attempts seriously until...oh...August 2011...
Hey, notice anything coincidental there?
Ever since I accepted that my PCOS plays a major part in shaping my body, I've been able to take steps to help myself. I've carefully researched my options, needs and requirements, and have taught myself to go easy on myself when things aren't going my way.
I have a lot more work to do, however, and so whilst I may be perfectly comfortable to speak of weight loss in general on my usual personal blog, for this particular aspect of my weight loss journey I am writing here in this little diary thread of mine where I am not entirely open to the world, yet have a great community of people here already.
The Master Plan
Much of my recent weight loss success occured after reading and implementing some of the steps in a book whose name and authors I don't recall (and I am MUCH too lazy at this time of night to go to my bookshelf and find this information!). The jist of their action plan on managing PCOS is cut down into 10 steps, and include such things as "drink more water" and "cut out sugar".
I implemented a few of these steps and found them to be helpful indeed, however I was doing this at an easy "I'll start the next step when I'm ready" pace and I never got past step 4. I realise that I must be more strict with myself if I am to achieve success and set myself time constraints, and so my master plan is that as of the second of January (as it is a Monday and thus the start of the week and easy to keep tabs on!) I shall implement a new step every two weeks. By doing it every two weeks I give myself time to adjust and prepare, but not allowing myself to get too complacent (I know that if I say a new step each month, I will be getting complacent and languishing by week three of the month!).
At the same time as this I will be attempting to lose weight by following Slimming World. I have previously had some minor success by plain old calorie counting and Weight Watchers, however there are a couple of steps in the PCOS plan (eat more, and eat more wholesome foods) which, whilst now at all excluding a numbers counting diet, do tend to slip right into the Slimming World plan of eat as much as you like out of these foods (which tend to be wholesome!). Also, my friends are using Slimming World so the real life support will be greatly appreciated.
My Pledge
In order to keep myself accountable and motivated, I hereby make the following pledge:
Till next time,
Lith
xxx
So my weight loss journey, if that is what you will call it, started in earnest a year and a third or so ago, but it never really got off the floor till August of 2011.
I'm one of those gals for whom weight loss is a slow and bone crunching thing, but I'm used to that by now. Like many of you, I have PCOS, and I have known since I was 16.
I never used to take this aspect of my physiology seriously till I was married and wanted to start a family. I never took the issues it imposes upon my weight loss attempts seriously until...oh...August 2011...
Hey, notice anything coincidental there?
Ever since I accepted that my PCOS plays a major part in shaping my body, I've been able to take steps to help myself. I've carefully researched my options, needs and requirements, and have taught myself to go easy on myself when things aren't going my way.
I have a lot more work to do, however, and so whilst I may be perfectly comfortable to speak of weight loss in general on my usual personal blog, for this particular aspect of my weight loss journey I am writing here in this little diary thread of mine where I am not entirely open to the world, yet have a great community of people here already.
The Master Plan
Much of my recent weight loss success occured after reading and implementing some of the steps in a book whose name and authors I don't recall (and I am MUCH too lazy at this time of night to go to my bookshelf and find this information!). The jist of their action plan on managing PCOS is cut down into 10 steps, and include such things as "drink more water" and "cut out sugar".
I implemented a few of these steps and found them to be helpful indeed, however I was doing this at an easy "I'll start the next step when I'm ready" pace and I never got past step 4. I realise that I must be more strict with myself if I am to achieve success and set myself time constraints, and so my master plan is that as of the second of January (as it is a Monday and thus the start of the week and easy to keep tabs on!) I shall implement a new step every two weeks. By doing it every two weeks I give myself time to adjust and prepare, but not allowing myself to get too complacent (I know that if I say a new step each month, I will be getting complacent and languishing by week three of the month!).
At the same time as this I will be attempting to lose weight by following Slimming World. I have previously had some minor success by plain old calorie counting and Weight Watchers, however there are a couple of steps in the PCOS plan (eat more, and eat more wholesome foods) which, whilst now at all excluding a numbers counting diet, do tend to slip right into the Slimming World plan of eat as much as you like out of these foods (which tend to be wholesome!). Also, my friends are using Slimming World so the real life support will be greatly appreciated.
My Pledge
In order to keep myself accountable and motivated, I hereby make the following pledge:
- I shall weigh in every Friday and update you here
- I shall check in every Monday with a progress report
- I shall notify here when I move onto the next step (it SHOULD be every other Monday)
- I shall post a progress picture on the 1st of each month
Till next time,
Lith
xxx