Thursday, May 26, 2011

The Queen of excuses and restarts

Day 1...................again!

Nearly a month, and I'm sure I can think of a heap of excuses as to why I haven't accomplished anything and why I'm still stuck in the same rut.

I've been reading this blog for awhile of a local woman who has lost an amazing amount of weight, and I kept thinking how lucky she is. But luck really has nothing to do with it! she has exercised every day, rain , hail or shine. No excuses! She has watched what she eats, everyday. No excuses! She is just a normal everyday person. Not some super rich person with access to personal trainers and expensive equipment. And she has done it. She is living my life! The life I want to have.

I don't want to be this weight in 5 years time. Hell, I don't want to still be this weight in a years time! You can only blame it on baby weight for so long. So why is it I have such a sticking block when it comes to getting started and focussed?

I managed to set myself a goal of doing the Duathlon back in February. I wasn't fit, but I accomplished my goal of competing and finishing it and not coming last. You would think I would've used that as a stepping stone to bigger and better things in regards to my diet and exercise. Um, no.

I need to get organised. I need to make time for me. I need to stop being lazy! Even a 10 minute trip around the block is better than what I'm doing now, which is nothing.

My biggest sticking blocks to exercising are making time for it, and not wanting people to see me doing it and laughing at me. I'm afraid of making a fool of myself. I don't want to be judged.

So instead, I sit here doing nothing and feeling like life is passing me by.

I'm tired of being the fat person.

The only person who can change this is me!

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Day 1

The number of times I've restarted this blog is depressing!

Isn't it amazing how fast time goes when you are trying to lose weight? You tell yourself that by a certain time you will have lost "x" amount of weight, and that time seems so far in the future that it'll be a piece of cake. Right? Fast forward to that time, and if you're like me you find that you've just lost and gained the same few kilo's over and over, and fallen off the wagon so many times you've lost count.

My baby is nearly a year old. I was already 20 kilo's overweight when I got pregnant with him. I gained another 20 kilos during the pregnancy, but lost 10 of those almost straight away. (water and stuff ya know) But I've since spent the past 11 months losing and gaining the same 10 kilos! I'm a big stress eater, and there have been many stressful times that have given me excuses to gorge myself silly.

It's not just about the gorging though. I don't always overeat. Sometimes it's just the constant eating the wrong things........... And the lack of exercise.

So once again, I'm going to start watching what I eat and exercising. I've given myself until the end of the year to lose 20 kilos. I've also set myself a few goals along the way

Goals:

Get under 85kgs
Get under 80kgs
Get under 75kgs
Get under 70kgs
Fit my work uniform
Walk atleast 3 times a week for an hour
Introduce some running into my walk
Start doing some cycling a couple of times a week

Starting Weight: 89.8kg
Last Week Weight: 89.8kg
Current Weight: 89.8kg
Weight Loss: 0g
Total Weight Loss: 0kg