Less of me
Sep. 4th, 2009 12:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
latestarterIt is traditional, when thinking about a wedding for the bride to want to lose weight. I am no different. I have been trying to lose weight for most of this year in any case, but I find the thought of walking down the aisle feeling anything other than great about myself is concentrating my mind marvellously. Quite apart from the fact that the sort of outfit I am thinking about would look horrendous on a fatty, I want my beloved to be stunned when he sees me, but in a good way. :)
I've already lost a stone this year, and I'm taking a lot more exercise than I used to. I'm not so much a comfort eater, but I do like my food. I know I lose weight best with something that is flexible, and gives me sufficient food that I don't wake up in the night thinking about roast chicken or whatever. Filling up with soup is key for me, as is just not buying those things I know are bad for me. This isn't easy for everyone, I know. Keeping a food diary is also a must for me, as is measuring everything. I'm one of those cooks that usually just sloshes in ingredients along the 'that looks about right' principle. That's no use when you're trying to keep track of what you're eating. I know I start to slip off the rails when I stop measuring things.
As for exercise, it doesn't matter what it is so long as you enjoy doing it. I remember reading an article somewhere that said that people just had to accept that exercise is boring and do it like any other chore. I'm sorry but that doesn't work; you need to be motivated to exercise, the prospect of boredom doesn't motivate anybody. It also needs to be convenient. I used to go swimming once a week on the way home from work, as there was a swimming pool just along the road from where I worked. I changed my job and haven't been swimming since. Now I've discovered exercise dvds. I built up slowly, moving from an easy one once or twice a week to much harder ones more frequently. I love it.
So, I know what my big target is, but I also know that it will take a long time for me to get there. In the meantime I've set lots of little targets that should be much closer. Here goes!
I've already lost a stone this year, and I'm taking a lot more exercise than I used to. I'm not so much a comfort eater, but I do like my food. I know I lose weight best with something that is flexible, and gives me sufficient food that I don't wake up in the night thinking about roast chicken or whatever. Filling up with soup is key for me, as is just not buying those things I know are bad for me. This isn't easy for everyone, I know. Keeping a food diary is also a must for me, as is measuring everything. I'm one of those cooks that usually just sloshes in ingredients along the 'that looks about right' principle. That's no use when you're trying to keep track of what you're eating. I know I start to slip off the rails when I stop measuring things.
As for exercise, it doesn't matter what it is so long as you enjoy doing it. I remember reading an article somewhere that said that people just had to accept that exercise is boring and do it like any other chore. I'm sorry but that doesn't work; you need to be motivated to exercise, the prospect of boredom doesn't motivate anybody. It also needs to be convenient. I used to go swimming once a week on the way home from work, as there was a swimming pool just along the road from where I worked. I changed my job and haven't been swimming since. Now I've discovered exercise dvds. I built up slowly, moving from an easy one once or twice a week to much harder ones more frequently. I love it.
So, I know what my big target is, but I also know that it will take a long time for me to get there. In the meantime I've set lots of little targets that should be much closer. Here goes!
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Date: 2009-09-06 02:18 am (UTC)I thought you looked marvelous, when I saw you last. Himself obviously agrees. It's only you who has to be convinced.
Go for health and vitality and ignore the numbers.
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Date: 2009-09-06 10:14 am (UTC)As for looking marvellous - thank you. :) Unfortunately I am clinically obese, and for my health as much as anything, I need to do something.