philolog65
New member
23.12.2015
Day 0 - Setting priorities
I've just written an inconveniently huge and narcissistic post summarizing the years of my way downhill, it can be found here - think of it as an introduction to this diary:
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/thre...bit-Warning-a-long-intro!?p=922820#post922820
The way I'm going to write my diary is the following: I will be writing notes on sleep, food and exercise on my smartphone every day, ticking the checklist and being very honest with myself and then post them here, starting on the 24th of December - no exceptions! As of now, I don't have a way of weighing myself at home, so I won't be posting weight updates for a couple of weeks until I join the gym in early January.
My goal:
To weigh less than 120 kg by the end of June 2016.
My sub-goals / daily checklist:
1. Eat healthy food and drink mineral water (+no more than 1 energy drink a day)
By healthy food I mean vegetables, fruit, muesli bars, rice, diet bread, dairy products and many other things that aren't artificial, too sweet, too salty or fatty. The only exceptions are the times when there are rare family holiday dinners which is not more often than 10 times a year, and even then I stick to the healthiest food I can get.
Speaking of drinks - no sodas (even the diet ones) or juices (can't really afford the real fresh non-sugary juice every day, so I'm going to ignore them altogether), mineral water only. I'm an energy drink junkie, but as of now I'm not going to quit - just cut down to 1 can per day since I often work 12+ hours a day, so it's hard to wake up in the morning - consider it to be my early morning cup of coffee.
2. Exercise daily - it means doing sports either in the gym (swimming for an hour counts as well, but cardio and weights should become 2 or 3 times a week norm starting late January as I get fitter). Some days are going to be easier, which means a simple 15-min workout late in the evening - using my dumbbells and the yoga mat. The only exceptions are when I'm seriously ill (ironically, now is the time, but I wouldn't have had a realization otherwise and wouldn't have started this diary).
3. Get 6.5+ hours of sleep - 95% of evenings it is manageable, my goal is to have at least 6.5 hours of sleep (can go up to 8-9 hours on the days-off) so that I don't want to compensate the lack of sleep with overeating. The only exceptions are the times when I have urgent non-postponable paperwork (which almost never happens - usually such things are just results of my prior procrastination).
Day 0 - Setting priorities
I've just written an inconveniently huge and narcissistic post summarizing the years of my way downhill, it can be found here - think of it as an introduction to this diary:
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/thre...bit-Warning-a-long-intro!?p=922820#post922820
The way I'm going to write my diary is the following: I will be writing notes on sleep, food and exercise on my smartphone every day, ticking the checklist and being very honest with myself and then post them here, starting on the 24th of December - no exceptions! As of now, I don't have a way of weighing myself at home, so I won't be posting weight updates for a couple of weeks until I join the gym in early January.
My goal:
To weigh less than 120 kg by the end of June 2016.
My sub-goals / daily checklist:
1. Eat healthy food and drink mineral water (+no more than 1 energy drink a day)
By healthy food I mean vegetables, fruit, muesli bars, rice, diet bread, dairy products and many other things that aren't artificial, too sweet, too salty or fatty. The only exceptions are the times when there are rare family holiday dinners which is not more often than 10 times a year, and even then I stick to the healthiest food I can get.
Speaking of drinks - no sodas (even the diet ones) or juices (can't really afford the real fresh non-sugary juice every day, so I'm going to ignore them altogether), mineral water only. I'm an energy drink junkie, but as of now I'm not going to quit - just cut down to 1 can per day since I often work 12+ hours a day, so it's hard to wake up in the morning - consider it to be my early morning cup of coffee.
2. Exercise daily - it means doing sports either in the gym (swimming for an hour counts as well, but cardio and weights should become 2 or 3 times a week norm starting late January as I get fitter). Some days are going to be easier, which means a simple 15-min workout late in the evening - using my dumbbells and the yoga mat. The only exceptions are when I'm seriously ill (ironically, now is the time, but I wouldn't have had a realization otherwise and wouldn't have started this diary).
3. Get 6.5+ hours of sleep - 95% of evenings it is manageable, my goal is to have at least 6.5 hours of sleep (can go up to 8-9 hours on the days-off) so that I don't want to compensate the lack of sleep with overeating. The only exceptions are the times when I have urgent non-postponable paperwork (which almost never happens - usually such things are just results of my prior procrastination).
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Good luck to you!