Yesterday I decided things needed to change...
Currently, I am 115kg - my highest weight ever. Over covid I developed BED coupling that with going from a very active job to becoming sedentary from being at home and over the past 2.5 years I've gone from 70kg (where my body was happy and healthy) to 115kg
So that's 45kg/99lb in 2.5 years.
Don't get me wrong I'm at a point where I don't actually care what people think, but for me, it's just a reminder that stares me in the face every day. The stretch marks on my stomach and hips are covered with clothes but a lot of the time my arms are showing so it's more a reminder for ME.
A reminder that things need to change.
So, yesterday I decided to start making those changes!
My Plan:
For the first week and a half all I'm going to be focusing on is food.
Partly because I know that is going to be the biggest deciding factor but also because I have to go into uni all of next week which means 4 hours of travel each day (2 hours there and 2 hours home). And with classes starting at 8am and going to 4pm with only a 30 minute break I think it would be better just to focus on food for that week since I'm going to be exhausted.
... Food....
to be honest I'm not 100% sure of my activity level since I lift heavy weights 3x a week but other than that I sit a lot of the day with my change in job.
So for now, when I worked out my calories I put "moderately active". My thinking is better to have a couple hundred extra calories then the thousands more I would have on a binge.
So calories are 2,526 and I'll see how I go with that for the next week and a half and what my weight does (better to start on more calories than less).
What I tend to binge on is chocolate, chips and bread so I'm making sure that I include them quite a bit in my daily nutrition so they just become "food"
For breakfast, I have protein greek yoghurt, PB2, stevia, cocoa powder, almonds and all bran cereal which seems to help with getting the chocolate fix
yesterday and today I had 3 snack size (18g) bags of my favourite chips and I also made little 100 calorie snack bags of almonds with some chocolate which I've had along with the chips.
I'm having a sandwich each day for lunch and also made home made protein bars for a more of a chocolate hit.
Then dinner is a balanced meal.
For dessert I'm thinking a lot of the time I'llhave a repeat of breakfast because it's filling and tastes really good.
... Exercise ...
Really with exercise it's going to be pretty simple, once this week and a half is over I'm going to be getting back into my 3x a week weight sessions and also making a conscious effort to stand more instead of sitting.
I already made myself a makeshift "standing desk" with a couple of boxes stacked on top of my desk which has been great but I can only stand for about 30 minutes at a time before my feet become unbearably sore. But I take about a 30 min to an hour break sitting and then go back to standing.
... Accountability ...
Each week I'm going to post on here and talk about how the week has gone - the good the bad and the ugly so if you're interested by all means follow along
Final thoughts
Really what I'm looking for is making small changes and ones that I can maintain long term for the rest of my life
If you have anything to add I would love to hear your suggestions
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from loseit - Lose the Fat https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/waxwwp/onto_day_2/
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