Saturday 10 December 2011

check-in 5: eat less move more




Christmas is going to come along and stuff me up I'm sure.  And we have a full-on foodie weekend this weekend too.  So I will have to really pace myself.  I will order wisely at restaurants and cafes, don’t fill up on bread, limit alcohol intake, and share desserts.

Here’s my stats to date:

Overall Goal:    Lose 8kg                 
Current Loss:  3.3kg


I’m almost halfway there!

Weekly update
After a couple of weeks of maintaining my weight, I thought that my food intake must have been gradually increasing without me realising it.  I can eat more so inconspicuously which makes it easy to slip into denial and think, ‘I’m not doing anything different’.  

It’s always about food with me – specifically about overeating.  So I readjusted my food intake and had just fruit for afternoon tea.  And the last three mornings I've seen the scales drop.  I am now 3.3kg down!  I am delighted with this. 

I'm feeling so good about myself though.  And my clothes are all starting to feel much more comfortable. 

Moving more
I have noticed that I need to stretch my calves both before and after exercise.  With my exercise routine of walking, yogalates, weights and stretching, I can feel myself getting stronger.  Squatting up and down to put groceries away in the crisper at the bottom of the fridge is effortless now.

If / when the weather warms up I may even introduce swimming.  We have a beautiful pool just up the road a bit.  It completely knackers me though, swimming!  But I do love it.

Eat less move more blogs:

Any comments or suggestions?  Input is welcome.


2 comments:

  1. Hiya Cyn - tell me about it! This time last year I was 4kg lighter :( It's a tough time of the year to keep the weight loss in focus...

    Having trouble keeping focused - everytime I think about being good, I actually end up behaving even more badly than I was planning too! - self sabotaging! Hoping to get back into focus during the xmas break...

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  2. Hey Jipster! Nice to hear from you. Thanks for your Christmas card this week! 4kg is scary, but do-able. I understand the losing focus thing. Once the focus is broken, it's hard to get it back. Gotta keep feeding the white dog. see http://cardinalcyn.blogspot.com/2011/12/feeding-black-white-do

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