Well I am also jumping on the JJ and Gnads bandwagon.
In my teens I was a bit of a good sort (even if I do say so myself
). I played many sports and was always active.
I got shunted off to boarding school that didn't have a high emphasis on sport and that, combined with crap food saw me blow out.
That was 25 years ago and I have struggled to get rid of it since. I loose a few kilos and next thing you know I put it back on.
Having a couple of children didn't help things but I also didnt help myself much. Even though we eat very healthy food at meal times, I have a severe weakness for cheese and other nibbly sort of food......especially when drinking beer.
That is my next problem.....BEER. It is no problem to have 5 or 6 beers after work of an evening.
18 months ago I broke my leg and spent 6 weeks sitting on the lounge with my foot in the air. Due to the pain killers I was on I wasn't able to drink and even though I was doing less physical activity than normal I still lost 4 kilos in that 6 weeks.
That was proof to me that my biggest weight problem is beer.
So.......two weeks ago we had a new gym open in town. My daughter wanted to join and I had to go with her to sign up as she is under 18. In their usual sales pitch I was also guilted into joining.
It took me until Monday just gone to actually work up the courage and motivation to step foot inside the door.
5am each day this last week I have been on that treadmill stepping it out for 45 minutes and I am enjoying it immensely.
Combined with being off the beer and strict eating habits I have lost 1.5kgs already and I am full of energy. I am sleeping so much better and have a general 'feel good' feel about me. I am led to believe that in the first two weeks the weight drops off rapidly but once your body and metabolism changes things slow up dramatically.
Starting weight 4th March 77 kilos
8th March 75.5
Perhaps from a motivational point of view perhaps we should all have a weigh in each week.
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I mean, now that you know, whatcha gonna do about it, hold her to ransom if she doesn't reach her goal weight?
