I like being fit. I really only like it because it allows me to do what I want to do. I haven’t always loved exercising and I’m not really a sporty person, but that could be due to commitment phobia, because I’ve played netball, tennis, basketball and enjoyed them all, but found being committed to a team to be a pain. I really like playing sport for fun and my competitive nature is reserved for other areas of my life (in other words I lack skill).
Since around July last year, I have lost 15 kgs. I can’t say it has been due to one special thing, but more a variety of influences including a great head start when I was sick with gastro a couple of times last year (not recommended- painful and upsetting). I have exercised, been busy, set a strong intention to lose weight and done a fair bit of personal growth in that period. I would say it is this combination of factors that really resulted in this loss.
When I was sick, I went to the doctors and she told me I really needed to lose 20kgs. 20 kgs. It seemed such a lot. I really hadn’t weighed myself for a long time and had decided that as long as I generally focussed on eating healthy and exercising regularly all should be well. Except I wasn’t really doing that. I was exercising randomly, comfort eating frequently, as well as eating generally well. So I dragged out the scales and began noticing what I wanted to deny. It’s so easy to not notice how big you are becoming!
I still have 5 to go and I haven’t shifted the scales a bit for around a month, but I am now enjoying a routine of exercising, drinking water, taking vitamins and eating regularly, mostly healthy foods. I honestly haven’t denied myself chocolate or lemon tart or any yummy things that come my way in the course of life. I just don’t make a habit of having every flavour delight I know in bulk quantities in easy access at home. I am about to start doing some different exercise cause I think the beep test showed me I’m still not really that fit. This site ExRx.net is a great resource for working out something that suits you. I also find Craig Harper quite motivating at times, for the mental side of it. I’m actually really enjoying my exercise now and I think that happens once you get over that hump at the beginning. You have more energy and so are more inclined to do more physically. It’s a half hour a day I get to listen to my iPod and feels like it’s something for me.
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Good on you for shifting those kilos. Scales are a bit confronting aren’t they?
Fantastic work! I started a weight loss program 2 years and 3 months ago. In that time I took off 23 kilos and have recently discovered I put back on 8 kilos (since I stopped keeping track of what I eat) since October last year. That is not bad but it is not good. Today I started to write it down to get it right. I had 30 to lose – now I have 15. Thanks for your blog as you have helped refocus me.
Congratulations and hearing about the positive changes people are making in their lives is what I need to hear at the moment. I have started to make a few changes to my life, one being going cold turkey with my diet coke addiction. I am nearing the end of day two and going okay so far!
Jen, yes the scales were obnoxious!
Widget and Planning Queen, the full scorpio moon is a great time for having powerful new intentions. I’m going to harness some of it too!
Great work!!
I’ll check out those sites too Thanks.
Joh, brilliant work on the 15 kilos! (Even if you had to go through some horrible stuff – gastro is never fun).
Craig Harper is great for that kick up the you-kn0w-where we all need occasionally.
Now the weather is cooling down, you’ve reminded me I need to ramp up my daily walks with my dogs. With a lot of hills around here, and two big dogs to wear out, walking them twice a day means the weight just falls off (but summer in Brisbane is just too hot to do more than once a day)..
Thanks!
Joh – you are doing so well – that is excellent .
It helps to have a focus and also not to deny yourself everything. Well done… bring off those next 5kg
Thanks Bettina, Karen and Trish for your encouragement! Even though I haven’t reached the goal yet, I think it doesn’t hurt to celebrate what I have done so far. So thanks.
Woohoo! GO you!!! You’ve done so well to get this far!
And can you give me some tips? LOL… I’m aiming to lose 30 (doctors telling me to lose 40 but that isn’t gonna happen) and so far I’m down about 1kg. Heh.