This post is something I've wanted to write for the last couple of weeks, I've wrote it as a way of getting all my thoughts out & to get me to start changing my lifestyle!
In the last 18 months I've put on around 20lbs. I've got no-one to blame but myself, my portion control has gone wayyyy out of control, actually there isn't of control with my portions, at the moment its if it fits on my plate I'll eat it. I don't just stop there with my main meals, I snack ALOT too ... instead of having for example one iced ring donut I'd easily eat 2 and then want a third. I've turned into a greedy pig! I actually repulse myself with the amount I'm eating.
I think I could justify the amount I'm eating if I wasn't so lazy. I'm so so unfit, I thought I'd go for a run the other Sunday morning, I put all my running gear on, got outside, ran for less than 50 meters and thought I was going to die. I'm not exaggerating I literally was so out of breath and huffing & puffing. It was embarrassing I came home, got changed and realized I need to sort myself out. This time last year I started running with one of my friends, he was a really good runner and motivated me. I got to the stage where I was running 3/4 miles at a time. I felt really good about myself, I was the slimmest I'd been in a LONG time, I was on my way to getting healthy and most importantly I was happy. Then the running stopped, the weight started to pile on.
I'm at that stage now where I feel really uncomfortable in any of my clothes and I'm finding myself wearing big oversized jumpers to try and hide my insecurities. I'm living in stretchy clothes, I think that's because all my clothes which aren't made out of a stretchy/jersey material just won't fit me at the moment.
I know I need to do a complete overhaul of my life, my diet, my non existent exercise regime. I want to live by the phrase eat less move more. I'm thinking of doing the Dukan Diet again just to kick start my weight loss, I did the Dukan diet back in Sept 2011, I lost about 12lbs in a short period of time and kept the weight off for a long time and then continues to lose weigh gradually over the following 6 months. I know if I'd of eaten properly and not turned into a human dustbin the weight would of stayed off.
So what am I planning on doing? Well I'm one of those people who need to see immediate results to stick at something, I wish I wasn't as I know the results will last longer if the weight came off the healthy way but I'm going to start the Dukan diet, hopefully lose 10/12lbs whilst starting to create myself an exercise routine I'll be able to stick too. Then I want the weight to gradually come off, I want to see my fitness levels increase and I want to be able to enjoy life again, be able to go for a run or long walks without getting out of breathe and generally being unfit.
I'm not going to post my start weight on here, I don't feel comfortable doing that yet, but I'm going to do update posts, I'm not going to say their going to be weekly, monthly updates, I'll post them when I feel I've achieved something. Whether that is weight loss, an achievement in my exercise or anything else I've changed for the better!
That was a pretty long ramble ...I'd love your hints, tips on healthy living & enjoying life.
