So, I finally weighed myself, and it's not great. I've put on at least 3 kilos since last weighing myself and have to lose 25.7 kgs to get to the uppermost healthy weight for my height. And I am kind of wishing I'd just bitten the bullet and weighed myself at the start of this because I don't know if I've lost anything so far.
Of course, I'm immediately trying to calculate how much I can lose by when, and I don't want to fall into that trap too much because it always seems to set me up for disappointment. However... Do you think I can lose that by Christmas? Probably not, if I'm being honest. That would be a loss of more than a kilo a week and I know that's a bit unrealistic, especially if I want to do it in a more reasonable fashion and still eat out occasionally and so on.
I feel like I need at least one time based goal to help keep me on track. Maybe I'll keep it small at first - so my first goal is 2.8 kilos in 3 weeks, which will get me into the next weight bracket.
Of course, I'm immediately trying to calculate how much I can lose by when, and I don't want to fall into that trap too much because it always seems to set me up for disappointment. However... Do you think I can lose that by Christmas? Probably not, if I'm being honest. That would be a loss of more than a kilo a week and I know that's a bit unrealistic, especially if I want to do it in a more reasonable fashion and still eat out occasionally and so on.
I feel like I need at least one time based goal to help keep me on track. Maybe I'll keep it small at first - so my first goal is 2.8 kilos in 3 weeks, which will get me into the next weight bracket.
Yay, you have a blog! I LOVE having new blogs to read, it's like making new friends!!
ReplyDeleteSo much of what you've said (yes, I have devoured all the posts already) has struck chords with me - especially when you talked about your wedding photos. Do you know, we didn't even have a photographer at our wedding because I couldn't bear the thought of their being evidence of me, the fat bride? I was convinced I must have been the only girl in the history of the world to not get to goal for my wedding day. It's such a shame, the way we tie so much of our self worth up in our waist size.
Your menus sound terrific by the way, I'm quite jealous! Per your comment - yes, pork belly is depressingly high, but I refuse to stop eating the foods I love, I tend to just stick to smaller portions (my husband would say quite depressingly small, although he always concedes afterwards that it was sufficient!) and, because with WW fruit and vegetables are zero point, it is relatively easy to have a light day of consumption beforehand - fruit for breakfast, salad for lunch etc. Not to be advocated for every day but for an occasionally indulgent dinner I can put up with it.
Anyway, keep on posting and I'll be here cheering you on!
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Yes, I'm up to date too. If I may venture one comment, I would say "what's the rush?". You have been feeling fat and unhappy about it for a while so every step you take in the right direction is a positive and can't make you feel worse, can it? So don't beat yourself up with the diet maths and the should'ves or what could've beens. Instead, pat yourself on the back for making a start and celebrate EVERY single lb banished (well, 1/2kg in your case). As you said at the start of your blog, you want to keep living and don't want to get so deprived you rebel against it. So slow and steady. This is for life after all.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see how you get on. L xx