66kgs!!
In fact at the moment the scale reads 65!
This is good and great news. And, unfortunately I had to start watching what I was eating. I'm still far from a health nut goddess, but I think I'm a little better.
Try out foodfocus.co.uk to help you calorie count if you need to.
What I see now, though, is the only way to lose the weight is to be motivated yourself. Not rely on other gimmicks or gadgets to help.
I'm now aiming for 64kgs. I hope to be that weight by the beginning of September. I give myself much smaller goals, which are much easier to achieve. Ultimately I hope to be 62kgs. I'm nearly there. I'm really happy about that.
Saturday, 21 August 2010
Sunday, 20 June 2010
Losing weight IS hard work
It is now June (nearly the end of June) and the scale has been moving down very steadily, which has been great.
After three months at the gym I go to, we are able to have a review. I sat at my review, looking at the goal which had been set (lose 6kg) and the grim reality of the scale which said 68kg. In three months I had only lost 1kg!
It was at this point that the trainer asked about my diet and I answered with the same honesty I always do: It's terrible. He then reiterated what other trainers had told me, which was my diet is as important as excercise - bit somehow this time it hit home.
I have started watching what I eat. And I don't enjoy it one bit. At least this time, my resolve is there. He also changed my exercise to interval training. Something new I learned was that long distance running is designed to build stamina, which is all about retaining energy (or retaining weight). I needed to up my game so that I was burning fat and increasing my heart rate. Now my running training involves walking for one minute, then running for another minute (not jogging, running). It's quite intense, very exhausting, but seems to be helping.
I also had a look at the list of classes which are regarded as weight loss classes. Unfortunately yoga is not one of them. In fact, there was only one. A class that in memory involved an incredibly sore bottom and 45 minutes of intense pain: spinning.
So, I joined.
And I'm still going. It is painful: my muscles burn. Which, apparently is what they are supposed to do. After this change in routine four weeks ago, the scale started travelling downwards and I'm now sitting at an amazing 66kgs. Again, slow going, but losing weight has never been a fast thing for me. That is how much I weighed when I moved to England two years ago. I'm finally back at that weight again and I'm very happy. I have also lost about an inch and a half around my waist - the area where all my weight goes. My clothes fit just a little bit easier.
I have a review coming up this week again. This trainer wanted to see me after one month of exercising and had set me the goal of reaching 66kg! Much easier to achieve than the initial six kg goal in three months. But now, I actually believe that perhaps in another two months I will have lost those 6kgs. And for once I feel very positive about my health.
After three months at the gym I go to, we are able to have a review. I sat at my review, looking at the goal which had been set (lose 6kg) and the grim reality of the scale which said 68kg. In three months I had only lost 1kg!
It was at this point that the trainer asked about my diet and I answered with the same honesty I always do: It's terrible. He then reiterated what other trainers had told me, which was my diet is as important as excercise - bit somehow this time it hit home.
I have started watching what I eat. And I don't enjoy it one bit. At least this time, my resolve is there. He also changed my exercise to interval training. Something new I learned was that long distance running is designed to build stamina, which is all about retaining energy (or retaining weight). I needed to up my game so that I was burning fat and increasing my heart rate. Now my running training involves walking for one minute, then running for another minute (not jogging, running). It's quite intense, very exhausting, but seems to be helping.
I also had a look at the list of classes which are regarded as weight loss classes. Unfortunately yoga is not one of them. In fact, there was only one. A class that in memory involved an incredibly sore bottom and 45 minutes of intense pain: spinning.
So, I joined.
And I'm still going. It is painful: my muscles burn. Which, apparently is what they are supposed to do. After this change in routine four weeks ago, the scale started travelling downwards and I'm now sitting at an amazing 66kgs. Again, slow going, but losing weight has never been a fast thing for me. That is how much I weighed when I moved to England two years ago. I'm finally back at that weight again and I'm very happy. I have also lost about an inch and a half around my waist - the area where all my weight goes. My clothes fit just a little bit easier.
I have a review coming up this week again. This trainer wanted to see me after one month of exercising and had set me the goal of reaching 66kg! Much easier to achieve than the initial six kg goal in three months. But now, I actually believe that perhaps in another two months I will have lost those 6kgs. And for once I feel very positive about my health.
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Jogging
Not much to write. Been gyming for four weeks now and having training session number three with my personal trainer tomorrow.
Jogging a full twenty five minutes now. It's definitely different without having the final 5K goal. Now I'm keeping up with consistent jogging as I build myself up for 3 thirty minute jogging sessions a month. I ran at the same speed I did for the 5K today, which was good. It's nice to know that I'm back at that pace.
I'm getting to the gym about four days a week. Three days running with one day adding weight training to that and then one day boxing with a trainer. I have two more sessions with the trainer. I haven't been swimming as much as I would like mainly because of a bit of a cold.
Weight is between 67 and 68 now, but it is definitely slow going. Although I feel much healthier I can't really see it yet. Feeling a bit down about that tonight.
Jogging a full twenty five minutes now. It's definitely different without having the final 5K goal. Now I'm keeping up with consistent jogging as I build myself up for 3 thirty minute jogging sessions a month. I ran at the same speed I did for the 5K today, which was good. It's nice to know that I'm back at that pace.
I'm getting to the gym about four days a week. Three days running with one day adding weight training to that and then one day boxing with a trainer. I have two more sessions with the trainer. I haven't been swimming as much as I would like mainly because of a bit of a cold.
Weight is between 67 and 68 now, but it is definitely slow going. Although I feel much healthier I can't really see it yet. Feeling a bit down about that tonight.
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
The Gym
In order to keep running in this cold weather, I joined the gym about two weeks ago. It has been great! I'm not freezing or cold and I'm managing to keep up with training for another 5K as well as do some other exercises. My routine now includes swimming and weights and come Friday I'll have my first session with a personal trainer to do some boxing.
I started this whole project in order to lose weight and it has been the one thing that has kept eluding me. For most of the last year my weight has hovered between 68-70Kgs and in the last few months has stuck quite firmly between 69-70Kgs (This is approximately 148-150 pounds). Dieting has never been a strength of mine as I just can't say no to food of any sort, and I've found that my resolve to eat properly usually increases when exercising. Advice from my initial assessment at the gym was to ensure I eat lunch (which has been quite a mission, but I'm doing it). This came as a surprise as usually I'm told to eat less food, but I have noticed less of a run at 5pm to all the junk food, so maybe this was the reasoning. The trainer I'm working with has asked me to keep a food diary so that he can create a diet for me - now I'm very nervous about this, but it will be interesting to see what his advice is.
Anyway, the reason for my post today is that when I got on the scale this morning it read 67Kgs! A small step I know, but a weight that I haven't seen in a very long time and definite motivation to keep going.
I started this whole project in order to lose weight and it has been the one thing that has kept eluding me. For most of the last year my weight has hovered between 68-70Kgs and in the last few months has stuck quite firmly between 69-70Kgs (This is approximately 148-150 pounds). Dieting has never been a strength of mine as I just can't say no to food of any sort, and I've found that my resolve to eat properly usually increases when exercising. Advice from my initial assessment at the gym was to ensure I eat lunch (which has been quite a mission, but I'm doing it). This came as a surprise as usually I'm told to eat less food, but I have noticed less of a run at 5pm to all the junk food, so maybe this was the reasoning. The trainer I'm working with has asked me to keep a food diary so that he can create a diet for me - now I'm very nervous about this, but it will be interesting to see what his advice is.
Anyway, the reason for my post today is that when I got on the scale this morning it read 67Kgs! A small step I know, but a weight that I haven't seen in a very long time and definite motivation to keep going.
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