I have two blogs and the other one is about weight loss. I've struggled with my weight through life. When I was a teenager, I wasn't fat, but was convinced I was as I had a paunch. As a result, when I got fat, I didn't realise for quite a while. Then I lost some weight with healthy living and exercise, but gained it back and then some more in a couple of years. Over the past 2-3 years, I've lost a bit then gained more back at least once a year.
This year, I made a pact with a friend that we would both exercise and eat right, and help each other. Email is a great help as we mail each other twice or so a day, with updates on food and exercise and just telling someone else has made it easier for me to eat right. And eat smaller portions.
It's been nearly 2 months now and I've lost weight and fat. Every year, I'd hold the flab and feel I was wearing a fat suit, which I wanted to unzip and step out of. Now, the fat suit is almost off and I feel great!
I've been able to eat smaller meals, so now eat 4 meals a day, but have not had to slow down on any of my daily activities and have been able to add 30 minutes of exercise a day, which doesn't bore me and has made a tremendous difference!
Ultimately, it's about choices. You can choose to eat healthy, you can choose to exercise etc. You can also choose to give yourself a day off for good behavior.
When I was a child, I wanted to grow up so that nobody else could tell me what to do. Now that I'm grown up, I find that I want to do all the things that I was 'told' to do while growing up. That's not bad :)
I also realised yesterday that the answer to 'What is all this about' is that life is a series of experience-fruit that you get to squeeze the juice out of. There are only 3 rules:
1. Stay sane;
2. Stay healthy;
3. Have fun.
And the older you grow, you even get to pick your own fruit, from anywhere in the world! How awesome is that?
