So, I just wanted to come back on here and let you all know that like all of my weight loss attempts, I fell out of doing what was right for me and my body. I started focusing so much on work, that health and fitness were pushed aside.
I am back up to 255 pounds, and feeling really depressed about the whole thing. I thought having a slow, long term goal, a gym membership and this blog to hold me accountable would be enough to keep my weight loss on track. I even had some very supportive friends (I am looking at you specifically Tom), but I wasn’t able to keep on course.
I have started feeling the fitness bug again, and have been going to the gym every other day for the last two weeks. It is slowly starting to become habit and I feel weird when something comes up and I can’t go.
Some ways that I have made going to the gym more fun is bringing my laptop to watch movies, bringing the iPod for music, grabbing an FM receiver so I can listen to the televisions at the gym, and working on reading some novels, all while I am on the bikes or the treadmill.
I have found that I can quickly lose track of time, and also how fast I am going. Recently, one of the owners of the gym came over and let me know that I had to slow down, as I was pushing my heart rate way too high. I think she was afraid I was going to stroke out, but I was listening to some fast paced alternative music and was really feeling the energy.
My goal is still the same. I want to get down to just under 200 pounds, but I have decided to revise my goal to not have such a firm date. I am going to start a food log (something I absolutely hate doing) as well as keeping track of exactly what I do at the gym, so I can work on improving slowly, but consistently. I am also going to buy some dumbbells for home, so that when the mood strikes me to get in another small bit of exercise, there isn’t anything in my way with regards to doing so.
Lastly, Sabine and I have been carrying on with our evening strolls. We have tripled the length of them, some of which now last an hour or two, rather than the thirty minutes or so that they used to be. Surely, this should mean some extra calorie burning.
The biggest issue I am having right now is dietary. I love junk food, and as I increase my exercise, my cravings for it also go up, and with my personal willpower feeling pretty low, I am having the fight of my life to make sure that I eat healthier.
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