Floaty
New member
This is my attempt at finally getting my nearly 30-year-old butt into shape. I am a woman who has been addicted to sugar for as long as I can remember. While under my parents' control, I was able to maintain a relatively healthy weight. But as soon as I started university, got a licence and started getting more independent, I began really puffing up in all sorts of different areas and it hasn't really stopped. Every time I've lost weight, I've gained it back. I blame myself and I also blame this society we live in which makes it so damn hard to lose weight. It's almost like, most days, if I want to lose weight, I have to do unreasonable things, or just uncomfortable things and if you have no-one to share those things with it's very lonely. So that's why I joined this web weight loss community. I'm hoping to make some friends and not feel so alone as I try for like the hundredth time to change my life through my weight. Not expecting big results, but wouldn't mind if I dropped a few kilos and had fun doing it. 'Cos honestly, I'm OVER losing weight the hard way.
So my goals are: Stop eating so much chocolate; exercise every day for half an hour; eat at least 2 pieces of fruit a day; limit my wheat and refined carb intake to one serve a day; and drink one glass more of water than I do now.
I guess I'll add more goals or refine these ones as I go on, but I should start somewhere. Right now I have a drawer stashed full of chocolates, rich, creamy ones too, and I refuse to throw them out so I will try to cut down on my intake of them until they're finished. I'm hoping that I won't run out and buy more straight away but we'll see how strong I am.
So here is my update for now: Haven't started any regular exercise yet - no excuses - but hoping to get going soon. Been eating chocolate every day but trying to keep it to low amounts. Not eating much in general but then not working or exercising either, so I don't really need much energy. I have constant bad migraines but blood sugar is normal says my doc. Iron levels are really LOW. I'm stuck with what to do because iron tablets irritate my stomach.
Yeah, I have a lot of ongoing health problems; that's not even just the start. Wondering if I should see to them first and then the weight, or the weight first or both will happen together naturally. We'll see.
Right now my plan is this: I'm going to make a few small changes in my daily lifestyle, like eating more fruit every day and walking every day. I'll try that for a week and then, only after a week has passed, I'll see how I feel and how my old body is working. Then I'll see what I'll do next. Reason is I'm sick of the emotional journey of waiting for results and I'm very impatient so I will make myself stick to this timeframe thing to keep my nerves under control.
That's all for this entry. Pray I don't forget everything it is I've set out to do! I hope I can motivate myself to even come back for another entry in here seriously. If anyone wants to pray for me, feel free! I will owe you big.
Cheers!
XX Floaty XX
So my goals are: Stop eating so much chocolate; exercise every day for half an hour; eat at least 2 pieces of fruit a day; limit my wheat and refined carb intake to one serve a day; and drink one glass more of water than I do now.
I guess I'll add more goals or refine these ones as I go on, but I should start somewhere. Right now I have a drawer stashed full of chocolates, rich, creamy ones too, and I refuse to throw them out so I will try to cut down on my intake of them until they're finished. I'm hoping that I won't run out and buy more straight away but we'll see how strong I am.
So here is my update for now: Haven't started any regular exercise yet - no excuses - but hoping to get going soon. Been eating chocolate every day but trying to keep it to low amounts. Not eating much in general but then not working or exercising either, so I don't really need much energy. I have constant bad migraines but blood sugar is normal says my doc. Iron levels are really LOW. I'm stuck with what to do because iron tablets irritate my stomach.
Yeah, I have a lot of ongoing health problems; that's not even just the start. Wondering if I should see to them first and then the weight, or the weight first or both will happen together naturally. We'll see.
Right now my plan is this: I'm going to make a few small changes in my daily lifestyle, like eating more fruit every day and walking every day. I'll try that for a week and then, only after a week has passed, I'll see how I feel and how my old body is working. Then I'll see what I'll do next. Reason is I'm sick of the emotional journey of waiting for results and I'm very impatient so I will make myself stick to this timeframe thing to keep my nerves under control.
That's all for this entry. Pray I don't forget everything it is I've set out to do! I hope I can motivate myself to even come back for another entry in here seriously. If anyone wants to pray for me, feel free! I will owe you big.
Cheers!
XX Floaty XX