Hate To Exercise

What date is it, ah, April 7th.

I’ve reached my new mini weight goal, got myself back into 86s, that happened couple of weeks ago. Since then it’s been a one step forward, one step back situation. Problem – food ingredient companies, like Hello F….etc. The food is so nice, but I tend to cook it in the evenings and not stick to my to small meal ethic for dinner, which puts me back.

So, I cancelled or paused the subscriptions for a while. I always do try to take some tips from those recipes, particularly where there are meals involving loads of vegetables. Hoping I can get better and prepping my own meals that are more veg filled and lower in calories.

My exercise is still lacking. Now with the better much brighter and warmer, my only excuse is that I don’t want to leave my poorly dog home alone. He’s recovering from surgery so needs loads of attention.

Determined, that this week I will bite the bullet, leave the fuzzball alone and get in the extra steps. Need to get me back into those 85s!

The important thing is, I’ve finally started addressing my weight again, and even though it’s much slower than the last time, my weight is heading back down in the right direction.

18 March 2024

Yes it does. These days I don’t have the same zeal for exercise as I did during pandemic – not that I was ever such an exercise bunny, well maybe for a split second there – so trying to lose the weight I re-gained has been a hard slog. Constant excuses, rationalisations, challenges, obstacles, and of course the lazy spell that just went on and on and on.

Most recently I’ve been plagued by health issues that actually made it impossible to exercise in any meaningful way – even walking – because, well, it was my feet that were in so much pain, even walking was impossible.

However, as my weigh started to go up, so did my determination to do something about it; not least because I cannot afford to buy a new wardrobe of clothes, having already thrown out/given away all my old LARGE sizes. Over the last month I have been slowly returning to my upside-down meal regime – beef stew for breakfast with a big slice of bread covered in layers of butter, bowl of cornflakes and an apple for dinner. Thus putting in the fire, the fuel it needs to burn during the day, and feeding it a tiny piece of charcoal that will simply keep it going through the night.

My exercise, over this period, I have to admit has been limited, not least because my feet are still a bit dodgy at times. Though I have been able to increase my walking a bit. I think what helped the most in that regard, has been finding a way to incorporate exercise into my play-sessions with my dog. Not standing on the spot when he bring me the ball to throw, instead using that as an opportunity for squat and press exercises, or hamstrings, or simply walking on the spot; or adding Russian-twists to our game of tug. It may not seem like much but any exercise is better than no exercise, as my scales can attest to.

I had a goal to get my into 86kgs last week. As it happened I got there by the end of the week, but over the weekend the scales tipped back into 87.1/87.2. It’s normal for scales to fluctuate from one day to another and by even larger numbers. Although it can be demotivating. You just need to get to understand that and accept that. As long as the overall long-term trend is downwards, these fluctuations are part and parcel of being human.

This morning I was once again back in the 86s, and comfortably so. It’s been a slog getting here, but I did it. I have a way to go yet, before I’m back at my lowest recent weight, but I’m getting there. The lazy streak seems to have been pushed back. So the order for today is massive breakfast – maybe fish and chips, smaller lunch, and tiny dinner. Who needs calories for doing nothing at night but sleeping!

Next goal 85s…. can I get there by next week?

Oh, just getting on with stuff

The slog pays off