Cliche, right?
This is it. I am committed to it. I am going to lose weight. I am going to feel better about myself, and figure things out.
This post, it is the beginning. A scary beginning, as change terrifies me. I'm going to do it.
Now, I'm a 30 year old rabbit farmer living in Ontario, Canada. I sling 55lb bags of feed and 40lb bales of hay like they are nothing. I spend a great deal of time cleaning poop, moving rabbits around, and doing the hard work... But my problem comes when it's time to do the record keeping - filling out pedigrees, paperwork, maintaining websites, creating breeding schedules, etc... I sit at the computer usually with candy or snacks, for an hour or more a day working on the boring part.
I also work 2 days a week at the local Farmers' Market.
So, at this point, my base plan.
1. Add more walking. Though I am relatively active, I've fallen out of the habit of a regular daily walk for my dog and myself. This is actually something that I miss, as it was more a time thing that ended the routine. I intend to make time for the walk - later in the evening, when it is not so hot/sunny. Thinking 45min-1hr.
2. More fruits/veg for snacking. Fruits and veg don't last long around here, and that's not because it is going into me! My rabbits love it, so I buy a fair bit but never save it for myself. I end up snacking on chocolate bars, chips, gummies, etc, etc, etc. I work 2 days at the local farmers' market, for goodness sake! I should have tons of fruit/veg here for eating, since it is readily available to me at low cost, organic and locally grown. I have no excuse.
3. More water, less pop. I've been pretty good about this lately, substituting water for pop, but I still have a tendency to not only indulge, but overindulge. A can of pop once a week or so isn't going to kill me, but 2 or 3 a day probably will.
4. Make time for meals. I have a horrible habit of skipping meals and not eating anything until later in the evening. Daylight hours are busy for me, and I don't generally make the time to eat breakfast or lunch - it's quick snacks, usually high sugar or ready-made meals(eg. tv dinners). I'm going to try and get into an eating schedule, which involves healthy foods that I can hopefully pre-make and turn into my own ready-made meals(like making a big pot of oatmeal and freezing it into smaller, pop-into-the-microwave portions).
5. Stop with all the crap! I have a drawer in my computer desk. It is devoted to junk food. Full of junk! It's so easy just to reach in and pull something out instead of finding a suitable meal or snack. I feel this contributes the most to my weight issue, and is something that immediately needs rectified.
6. But not stop the crap completely. Previously I have tried to completely cut junk out of my diet, and end up binging when I get depressed or upset about something. If I allow myself crap food in moderation, I am less likely to binge and more likely to keep up with the diet/weight loss program.
7. Regular hours of operation. I tend to sleep when I want, for however long I want, and to heck with the consequences! I need to set a bedtime and maintain it, set a wake up time and maintain it. This is something that comes and goes, dependent on my state of mind, sometimes I'm very good about it, and others... Well, let's just say there are periods in my life where I don't get out of bed until 2 in the afternoon.
8. Stop being so hard on myself. I have a tendency to slip once, and then throw the whole plan out the window, because I'm ashamed or upset, and decide "what's the point?" The point is, I want to be around to see great nieces and nephews. I want to be able to love myself, to join in a game of tag, to not worry that I will try to do something physical and end up having a heart attack! I don't want my mother worried that I am going to die before her. I need to remember this, dust myself off and get back on that horse when I take a little tumble.
I'm sure there's more, there's always more. I'm hopeful to come back and add more points, find more things that work and go from there.
Like an alcoholic, I am going to take this one day at a time.
This is it. I am committed to it. I am going to lose weight. I am going to feel better about myself, and figure things out.
This post, it is the beginning. A scary beginning, as change terrifies me. I'm going to do it.
Now, I'm a 30 year old rabbit farmer living in Ontario, Canada. I sling 55lb bags of feed and 40lb bales of hay like they are nothing. I spend a great deal of time cleaning poop, moving rabbits around, and doing the hard work... But my problem comes when it's time to do the record keeping - filling out pedigrees, paperwork, maintaining websites, creating breeding schedules, etc... I sit at the computer usually with candy or snacks, for an hour or more a day working on the boring part.
I also work 2 days a week at the local Farmers' Market.
So, at this point, my base plan.
1. Add more walking. Though I am relatively active, I've fallen out of the habit of a regular daily walk for my dog and myself. This is actually something that I miss, as it was more a time thing that ended the routine. I intend to make time for the walk - later in the evening, when it is not so hot/sunny. Thinking 45min-1hr.
2. More fruits/veg for snacking. Fruits and veg don't last long around here, and that's not because it is going into me! My rabbits love it, so I buy a fair bit but never save it for myself. I end up snacking on chocolate bars, chips, gummies, etc, etc, etc. I work 2 days at the local farmers' market, for goodness sake! I should have tons of fruit/veg here for eating, since it is readily available to me at low cost, organic and locally grown. I have no excuse.
3. More water, less pop. I've been pretty good about this lately, substituting water for pop, but I still have a tendency to not only indulge, but overindulge. A can of pop once a week or so isn't going to kill me, but 2 or 3 a day probably will.
4. Make time for meals. I have a horrible habit of skipping meals and not eating anything until later in the evening. Daylight hours are busy for me, and I don't generally make the time to eat breakfast or lunch - it's quick snacks, usually high sugar or ready-made meals(eg. tv dinners). I'm going to try and get into an eating schedule, which involves healthy foods that I can hopefully pre-make and turn into my own ready-made meals(like making a big pot of oatmeal and freezing it into smaller, pop-into-the-microwave portions).
5. Stop with all the crap! I have a drawer in my computer desk. It is devoted to junk food. Full of junk! It's so easy just to reach in and pull something out instead of finding a suitable meal or snack. I feel this contributes the most to my weight issue, and is something that immediately needs rectified.
6. But not stop the crap completely. Previously I have tried to completely cut junk out of my diet, and end up binging when I get depressed or upset about something. If I allow myself crap food in moderation, I am less likely to binge and more likely to keep up with the diet/weight loss program.
7. Regular hours of operation. I tend to sleep when I want, for however long I want, and to heck with the consequences! I need to set a bedtime and maintain it, set a wake up time and maintain it. This is something that comes and goes, dependent on my state of mind, sometimes I'm very good about it, and others... Well, let's just say there are periods in my life where I don't get out of bed until 2 in the afternoon.
8. Stop being so hard on myself. I have a tendency to slip once, and then throw the whole plan out the window, because I'm ashamed or upset, and decide "what's the point?" The point is, I want to be around to see great nieces and nephews. I want to be able to love myself, to join in a game of tag, to not worry that I will try to do something physical and end up having a heart attack! I don't want my mother worried that I am going to die before her. I need to remember this, dust myself off and get back on that horse when I take a little tumble.
I'm sure there's more, there's always more. I'm hopeful to come back and add more points, find more things that work and go from there.
Like an alcoholic, I am going to take this one day at a time.
