Due to log-in problems, I'm back as Hoeka2
I've kept up with no-S, but lately things have started slipping, so I'm back on the boards.
Just some background: in Dec 2010 I was approximately 80 kg, and at 1,58 m, I looked like a pregnant hippo. I weigh 73 kg at the moment - not a huge loss by any means - but it's still a lot better than gaining.
The slipping has come mainly on the exercise front: don't know when last I walked M-F, and the less we say about SG, the better.
So, the way forward:
Planning my meals work for me. I'm not rigid about them at all: I plan 7 suppers, make sure that I have all the ingredients for the meals, and that's it. By having something on paper, it's not so easy to say Oh well, there's nothing to cook, have a take-away. Breakfast is generally a slice of toast (or two) with a protein, while lunch is a wrap with lots of veggies and a protein, generally chicken.
I would like to start walking 7 days a week: I've noticed that when I skip a day, it's so much easier to skip the next day as well, and the next and the next... But, knowing how little I've walked in the past month or three, I'm going to settle for walking M-F, for 3 weeks, then add Sat and Sun. Rainy days, and days when there are thunder and lightning are S-days.
Shovelglove: that 12 pounder is HEAVY! I'm going to go right back to how I started shugging: 1 set of 3 moves, 15 to a side, twice a day, and work up to 14 mins.
That other S word: the scale: from somebody who did not even own one, I now weigh myself daily, record it on a weekly chart, and work out my average weight for the week. That's all I'm concerned with. Any weight higher than the previous week's is marked in red, and I move on. I don't obsess over it: in fact, if I don't note my weight right after I'm off the scale, I forget it. There have been some crazy figures: I've had a 3-day run of 74,1, 72,3, 73,4. So, a weekly average, and that's all.
I've lately run into the dreaded late afternoon munchies - something that I've never had had a problem with. So, I'm going to use that time for all the half-finished craft projects. Double win here, I hope: getting things done, and keeping my mind of food.
So: let's see how it goes this time round...
Monday
UR (rain)
SG
GC
NoS
B: toast & egg
L: LO goulash & wild and brown rice
S: roasted butternut, LO goulash, extra mushrooms added to the sauce (the goulash was more a mushroomy sauce than goulash by this time, but still tasted good.)
So, not a particularly good start
I was crazy hungry, though, despite a big breakfast and my normal lunch.