Out of the 12 months of the year, November and December are fraught with temptation. Parties, bazaars, the social gatherings all lead to weight gain and credit card debt. While I firmly believe that I will be over the latter by the end of the year (and am mentally prepared for the sacrifice of giving up a great deal of credit by cutting up my cards), the former has always been a challenge. Growing up chubby, staying this way all through my adult life hasn't taken a major toll unlike the stories I read and see everyday on television or in magazines. I prefer to see food as a good thing, not the enemy. But I am notoriously lazy, and the gym is high on the list of places I'd prefer to avoid as much as possible.
However, last year I attempted to restrain myself by signing up for a weight management program at the gym. Nothing too fancy, simply met up with a nutritionist for 10 weeks and regular monitoring of my food intake alongside with exercise; I lost 9 lbs. Not bad, I figured, and attempted to sustain the effort sans support, which finds me back at the original weight I had last year. So this year, I've talked to the same trainer, she's agreed to be a bit stricter with me, plus I've signed up with a personal trainer for weight training. My goal is 15 lbs in 10 weeks, right in the middle of the fiesta season. Lordy me, am I insane?
I do think it's doable; by posting it on the blog, I plan to do a weekly update. No pictures necessary, no before and after, and what would be the point of lying to myself on the blog? Other people have used their blogs as a form of exercise/diet journaling. This will just be another facet of this medium for me.
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4 comments:
Good luck Mila! I know what it's like to "grow up chubby"...and Asia is the worst place for that. You are lucky you have such a healthy outlook on food (seeing it as a good thing). Food was actually the enemy for most of my life :( and I have had to come to terms with it in adulthood already...but now things are better and me and food are getting on famously :)
I don't like the gym either...I am looking for dance classes...
Good luck! I go through these crazy cycles where I say I'll stop eating carbs, meat, and what not ... and those phases never last! =)
I know some folks from work that put together a weight loss contest, but they timed their weigh-in for December 1st so they can still indulge this holiday season.
It's doable, absolutely! If you want it bad enough, you'll achieve your goals. Sigh, I should practice what I preach. I will derive my inspiration from you. :)
Thank you ladies. I'll be writing about having the worst first week to start dieting/exercising later.
I don't know if it's just been the migration to the new Blogger, but I didn't see comments on the blog for a very long time, and suddenly there are all these comments to read. Wow. Like unearthing secrets in one go. Very invigorating :)
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