imgoingtobe30
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Well I have decided after visiting this website several times, that I am going to start my own diary / progress log / accountability measure.
As the title suggests I am going to be 30 soon (in approximately 49 days) and I have decided that I should really get this whole "change of lifestyle" (and weight loss) thing underway before I reach my third decade. While I am not concerned about my age (wooohooo 30!!) I am a huge fan of new beginnings. So i figure I could put off this monumental lifestyle overhaul until I am actually 30, and make some serious progress now!
I guess I could begin recording my journey by reflecting on when I became over weight, but where would I start? At the age of 7 when i went to ballet lessons with girls in my neighborhood and realized I didn't look like them? Or should I decide it was due to my limited nutritional uptake before I was born, which them made me carry more weight than necessary, maybe I could blame genetics. But realistically there was not one antecedent to my weight gain, I have just always been "bigger". Now while i am the first to admit that the amount I was bigger by has fluctuated, and that it has been influenced by stressful situations, crazy phases and totally insane diets. The most important thing I need to remember is that all of those things are in the past.
They are experiences I can reflect on, and ultimately learn from.
I know when I am likely to falter and succumb to chocolate cravings (my post graduate studies are not always conducive to my healthy eating) , I know I will never schedule morning gym sessions if I actually need to go (let's be honest I am not a morning person), and I know that it is not the end of the world if I have one entire meal which only consists of carbs. All I need to do is acknowledge what went wrong, and why... and pick myself up and carry on with my healthy eating/lifestyle
So where to from here :
Short term goal -
Eating: Keep to the eating plan for 1 week. This weeks mantra "stick to the plan"
Exercise:... No need to worry about the gym this week, I will go but it is going to be a frantic enough week without that added pressure of seriously structured workouts- this weeks mantra "just being there and doing something is better than nothing".
(Theme song at the moment = Sue from Glee with "let's get physical"..)
Mid term goal - lose weight before my birthday (ideally 10kgs.... this seems to be achievable if comparing to last time I "altered my lifestyle")
Long Term goal - reach 65kgs
I think i need to find one of those snazzy little ticker thingees but for today the current details are:
Height: 174cm
Weight: 90kg's (*gasp* I have put on 2kgs since I last checked!!)
Total to lose: 25kg ( trying not to freak out that it is the same amount of one piece of checked in luggage when flying... mainly because I always struggle carrying my bag!!)
Well this is me signing off for entry number 1
xoxo
As the title suggests I am going to be 30 soon (in approximately 49 days) and I have decided that I should really get this whole "change of lifestyle" (and weight loss) thing underway before I reach my third decade. While I am not concerned about my age (wooohooo 30!!) I am a huge fan of new beginnings. So i figure I could put off this monumental lifestyle overhaul until I am actually 30, and make some serious progress now!
I guess I could begin recording my journey by reflecting on when I became over weight, but where would I start? At the age of 7 when i went to ballet lessons with girls in my neighborhood and realized I didn't look like them? Or should I decide it was due to my limited nutritional uptake before I was born, which them made me carry more weight than necessary, maybe I could blame genetics. But realistically there was not one antecedent to my weight gain, I have just always been "bigger". Now while i am the first to admit that the amount I was bigger by has fluctuated, and that it has been influenced by stressful situations, crazy phases and totally insane diets. The most important thing I need to remember is that all of those things are in the past.
They are experiences I can reflect on, and ultimately learn from.
I know when I am likely to falter and succumb to chocolate cravings (my post graduate studies are not always conducive to my healthy eating) , I know I will never schedule morning gym sessions if I actually need to go (let's be honest I am not a morning person), and I know that it is not the end of the world if I have one entire meal which only consists of carbs. All I need to do is acknowledge what went wrong, and why... and pick myself up and carry on with my healthy eating/lifestyle
So where to from here :
Short term goal -
Eating: Keep to the eating plan for 1 week. This weeks mantra "stick to the plan"
Exercise:... No need to worry about the gym this week, I will go but it is going to be a frantic enough week without that added pressure of seriously structured workouts- this weeks mantra "just being there and doing something is better than nothing".
(Theme song at the moment = Sue from Glee with "let's get physical"..)
Mid term goal - lose weight before my birthday (ideally 10kgs.... this seems to be achievable if comparing to last time I "altered my lifestyle")
Long Term goal - reach 65kgs
I think i need to find one of those snazzy little ticker thingees but for today the current details are:
Height: 174cm
Weight: 90kg's (*gasp* I have put on 2kgs since I last checked!!)
Total to lose: 25kg ( trying not to freak out that it is the same amount of one piece of checked in luggage when flying... mainly because I always struggle carrying my bag!!)
Well this is me signing off for entry number 1
xoxo
