For me, weightloss is about being an adult and facing facts. I know EXACTLY what I need to do. But the child in me crosses its arms, stamps its feet and sulks saying, 'it's not fair! Why shouldn't I be able to eat that pancake? Or that biscuit? Or that chocolate? I deserve to be able to eat it. Everyone else is eating it, why can't I?'
I can't let that child win.
I am an adult. I know I can't eat those things. I know I have to exercise. I have to take responsibility. Sure, it's not fair. But, life's not fair. So I just have to suck it up.
For YEARS I've tried to get on the whole weightloss and fitness bandwagon. I'd start and then days later I'd give it. It was always too hard, or I was too tired or.. blah blah blah.
I went and had counselling for my depression midway through last year and once we got through the nitty gritty, we got onto my weight. For me, it was a huge factor in how horrible I was feeling. I had to speak the truth with someone. She gave me honest answers. We worked out ways to try and combat my fears and excuses and it really just put me in the right frame of mind to get into it.
After that, I found the program that I'm on now. I've now managed to lose 32kgs since August 15th last year. Seems alot in such a short time... but I'm not even halfway yet.
I have those days. Those days I don't want to get out of bed. Those days I am just so down and want to devour all the fatty, sugary crappy stuff. Sometimes I indulge, sometimes I don't. I have goals I want to achieve and it doesn't take me long to remember those, kick myself in the @rse and get back on track.
It helps that the program I'm on there are so many people who are where I am, and have been where I have been. It's really tough when you are well over 100kgs trying to find that motivation and dedication but I assure you, you can.
Photos of yourself are a HUGE motivator! Gosh, if you do come across my blog I have underwear pics of myself in there. The biggest pic is not even me at my biggest and boy does it bring tears to my eyes when I look at it. But I look at my latest pic and see how far I've come. I see where I was and I vow to myself to NEVER EVER let myself get back there.
I also encourage you to find some exercises that you enjoy. For me, I started off with things like a strength training session with the local ladies. It was a nice casual, relaxed session where we can chat about anything and have a laugh. I then started playing netball (at my largest) which I REALLY enjoy... I'm certainly a team sport player if anything.
After that I dabbled in Zumba (LOVED it! SO much fun!) and I've now come across bootcamp via my sisters and I really really enjoy that. I also play tennis in the netball off season, I go for a walk/jog 1-2 times most weeks, I was doing a double personal training session....
I found it hard because I'm almost an hour from the nearest town. In the middle of farming country. There was not much access to anything out here and the cost of fuel to get into town was a BIG red flag, BUT I decided that my health and that of my family were totally worth every cent.
It's really really REALLY hard to stay on track. The first week is the hardest. If you can find an eating plan/recipes that you like and are low calorie options, stick with them. If you've got a friend or a few who want to exercise, get them onto it. Time goes so much faster when you have someone else there to talk to. Drink HEAPS of water!! The change within a week of drinking 3 litres of water a day was phenomenal! And most importantly, DO NOT BEAT YOURSELF UP if you fall off the wagon. EVERYONE does at some point. The real test is getting right back into it again and not letting that fear of failure beat you.
I'm on a journey to lose 78kgs. I have 46kgs to go and I plan on getting it all off this year. Anything is possible if you put your mind to it. Find groups of people who understand where you are going through and share your journey. It makes you feel accountable. Start a blog! I've never written before in my life, but wanted to document my journey so I could go back and see where I was and where I wanted to go. I could see where I went wrong and all of those times I went right.
N2L has given you some great advice and I highly recommend a calorie controlled diet to anyone wanting to lose weight ( I love my numbers and it just makes total sense the whole calories in and calories out thing).
If you ever want to chat to anyone the weightloss group ladies are always there with fab advice, and I'm always around to try and help where I can.
It seems SO SO hard when you just start out. I promise you, once you're on your way you look back and wonder what you were afraid of. It really isn't that hard at all, you just have to be consistent with everything.
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