The diet effort is still going strong and I’m feeling a lot better about it now. I still feel like having naughty snacks sometimes and feel that denying myself these is to deny myself some of the pleasures of living but I know it’s only temporary and focuses me on my goal.
Last weekend, Carolynne’s car broke down at the Trafford Centre, permanently. Unfortunately it broke down on the upper car park where the tow truck couldn’t get to it so I spent 2 hours preparing the car and towing/pushing it around the car park, down the ramp and into a small car park on the ground level. This was quiet exhausting and certainly burned a few calories in the process so I decided I could have a beer in the pub as a treat.
The next day however Wii Fit registered 3lb of weight gain! OK, so much of this will be water retention and indigestion but it was bad for my moral and it’s taken me all this last week to shift that weight again back down to a touch over 14st. Disappointing but it’s strengthened my resolved not to drink beer again until the diet is through.
I now have 11lb to go until I reach my target, 7lb until my BMI is classed as ideal.
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Next Sunday, myself and Carolynne will be participating in the Big Walk Home organised by Ramsbottomonline.com. The Big Walk Home is a 16 mile walk from Manchester City centre to Ramsbottom in the far north of Greater Manchester. The walk is in aid of Bury Hospice, a registered charity dedicated to supporting Men and Women with life-threatening or terminal illnesses. Only a small part of their annual funding comes from the NHS so they rely on donations to keep going.
If you’d like to sponsor us a donation can be made on our Justgiving page here: http://www.justgiving.com/carolynne-pearsall
Alternatively, a donation can be made to the Big Walk Home’s Justgiving page here: http://www.justgiving.com/bigwalkhome
Nearly 3 weeks into my diet and I’m certainly feeling a lot more chilled about the whole thing. Last week I took time off work and although I stayed the course for the most part holiday does as holidays do and my diet suffered a little, at one point my weight spiked for 24 hours according to Wii fit which was rather depressing but thankfully the next day I lost 2 lbs and was back on course.
Yesterday was a momentous event when, for the first time in over 4 years, I registered below 14st! 13 and 1/4 stone to be exact having lost 1.5lbs in 24 hours. My BMI also dropped down below 26 to 25.95 for a double-bonus. I don’t expect this to stay but at the very least it’s a good sign that the trend is generally downwards, I haven’t yet returned to my peak on day one at 14st 4lb.
Ok, so progress is slow but I never set out to starve myself, if I want to get anything from this experience it’s a new relationship with food where I don’t over-eat, don’t eat through boredom or stress and I keep my drinking down to scientifically sensible levels then weight-loss will become natural until I reach equilibrium.
In order to get down to my BMI “ideal” range I need to lose another 7lb which is nearly twice what I’ve lost so far, so unless I ramp up the efforts significantly I don’t think I’ll reach that by the end of the month. I’m thinking now that I may continue on the diet beyond the month end until I reach my target weight (about 13st) which given my height and build should be healthy but I’m happy now that I am able to lose weight and what I am doing is helping me get there and I’m feeling all the better for it too.
