So it's been a few weeks, I still have my cough unfortunately which means that I haven't been going to the gym (although I went today, my first time in about 3 weeks - just for 30 minutes on the elliptical).
A few days ago, I weighed 76.3kg, which is certainly a gain, but it's probably due to water gain due to my consuming so many carbs lately. Yes, my diet has stalled, and I've gone on the carb wagon.
I've also been eating (and spending) too much lately, which is a bit of a worry. I'm definitely gaining a bit of fat.
Why?
It took me a bit of time to work out why I was doing this, and the reason was simple: stress. I'm going to Singapore for a holiday, and as has happened before, my stress and anxiety (and depression) has caused a mix of procrastination and eating more than I needed to. I'm also seeing someone there who I feel responsible for, which doesn't help either. Someone from the Philippines who I met after Miss Miss Mindanao left, we got on well together so I suggested we meet up in Singapore. She's never been overseas, so I kind of feel responsible for pretty much all the organisational things.
Anyway, that's all part of life, I accept that, and need to continue with the diet and unhitch myself from the carb wagon. Starting now.
I'll be posting what I'm eating, exercise and what I weigh from now on (I won't be weighing daily as I don't feel it's totally necessary right now). Low carb plus 'reward' meals every half kilogram. I'm kind of wanting to aim for goal day to be the 1st of December, although I don't actually expect it to be that day exactly.
Thursday 27 August 2015
Monday 17 August 2015
Weekly update
75.1kg, 9.1kg above goal weight
Trying to get into the swing of posting weekly. I still have my cough, so I'm not going to the gym right now. Unfortunately my doctor only works 2 days a week, and she's fully booked out this week, so it looks like I'm going to see her next week. I'm still losing weight though, which is nice.
I have noticed a psychological change in terms of how I'm feeling about my weight loss and my body. I think that's because I've reached the 3 months until goal weight. That's the point where based on normal rates of weight loss, you can pretty much say in 3 months you'll be at goal.
I am wary of stating a specific date when I should be at goal, I've definitely been burnt in the past with my endless spreadsheet calculations. This year would be nice, even if it were December 31st.
I'm working on a motivation system for maintenance. Obviously I'm not good at maintenance, I was at goal weight back in 2012 for about 3 months. That's not long enough!
When I started this blog back in 2009, I had a motivational system of no supermarket coffee, haircuts or cinema viewings if I wasn't at a new low weight. I think that I should do something similar now. I think that:
I can't get a haircut, I can't go to the cinema, I can't buy coffee from the supermarket unless I'm at goal weight.
There are exceptions to every rule, the trick is to have these exceptions relatively rare so I don't become dependent on them, and let things slide.
I also don't want to rebound and gain, only to go through the same thing yet another time, endless weight loss.
Trying to get into the swing of posting weekly. I still have my cough, so I'm not going to the gym right now. Unfortunately my doctor only works 2 days a week, and she's fully booked out this week, so it looks like I'm going to see her next week. I'm still losing weight though, which is nice.
I have noticed a psychological change in terms of how I'm feeling about my weight loss and my body. I think that's because I've reached the 3 months until goal weight. That's the point where based on normal rates of weight loss, you can pretty much say in 3 months you'll be at goal.
I am wary of stating a specific date when I should be at goal, I've definitely been burnt in the past with my endless spreadsheet calculations. This year would be nice, even if it were December 31st.
I'm working on a motivation system for maintenance. Obviously I'm not good at maintenance, I was at goal weight back in 2012 for about 3 months. That's not long enough!
When I started this blog back in 2009, I had a motivational system of no supermarket coffee, haircuts or cinema viewings if I wasn't at a new low weight. I think that I should do something similar now. I think that:
I can't get a haircut, I can't go to the cinema, I can't buy coffee from the supermarket unless I'm at goal weight.
There are exceptions to every rule, the trick is to have these exceptions relatively rare so I don't become dependent on them, and let things slide.
I also don't want to rebound and gain, only to go through the same thing yet another time, endless weight loss.
Sunday 9 August 2015
Update
It's been a while - maybe 3 weeks? Anyway, how is my weight loss going?
Today I weighed in at 76.4kg, a loss of 1.1 kilograms off my last blog post and 10.4 kilograms above goal weight.
I went to Dunedin to celebrate my father's birthday. That stalled my weight loss by about a week, I pretty much don't attempt to lose weight when I travel, routine is good for weight loss, and travelling means no routine. I'm happy with no gain.
I'm currently 6 days into a cough/cold. It's sapping my energy (I'm also off work), I'm not exercising obviously and any minimal weight loss is going to be slow.
But being 10 kilograms or less above goal weight is going to be a nice feeling. It won't be "true" 10 kilograms above weight loss, since there's another 1.5 kilograms of fat that I need to lose, due to doing the low carb diet, but I'm fine with that.
As for when I'll reach mythical goal weight, I'd say 70 to 140 days from now. That's 18th October to 27th December.
See you next weekend.
Today I weighed in at 76.4kg, a loss of 1.1 kilograms off my last blog post and 10.4 kilograms above goal weight.
I went to Dunedin to celebrate my father's birthday. That stalled my weight loss by about a week, I pretty much don't attempt to lose weight when I travel, routine is good for weight loss, and travelling means no routine. I'm happy with no gain.
I'm currently 6 days into a cough/cold. It's sapping my energy (I'm also off work), I'm not exercising obviously and any minimal weight loss is going to be slow.
But being 10 kilograms or less above goal weight is going to be a nice feeling. It won't be "true" 10 kilograms above weight loss, since there's another 1.5 kilograms of fat that I need to lose, due to doing the low carb diet, but I'm fine with that.
As for when I'll reach mythical goal weight, I'd say 70 to 140 days from now. That's 18th October to 27th December.
See you next weekend.
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