Monday, 16 January 2012

"A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step"

So here I am at the start of my "race".  It's not really a race against anyone else, just against myself.  I need to lose weight.  I gained 84 lbs last year through being stuck in a binge eating cycle (aided of course by some dodgy medication).  I want to lose 100 lbs this year.  I have 2 choices:
1 - sit here, do nothing, just carry on ruining my life, my health and my looks.  And
2 - Get up, eat less, move more and find the person who I really am.

Yeah, I'm going for option 2.  I know it's going to be hard.  It won't happen overnight, no matter how hopeful I am.  I want to weigh 138lbs at the end of this year.  (I'm 238 now).  That's about 9-10lbs a month.  I'm doing it by eating about 1000 calories a day and doing at least 2 and a half hours of exercise a day.  I do my workouts at home and around where I live.  I have a rowing machine, side stepper, weights, several workout DVDs and I go to taekwondo and dance classes.

Today (as I already said), I weighed in at 238 lbs.
Exercise: 1 hour Zumba, 30 minutes Davina Ultimate target bootcamp, 1 hour of yoga.
What I've eaten: 50g branflakes, 1 tbsp half fat creme fraiche, 3 egg whites, 1 tsp stevia.
                           200g mixed veg, 1 tsp chicken stock, chillies and pepper (as a soup)
                           handful of cherry tomatoes.

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