Eat Yourself Fitter!

Weigh Day #11

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Weight – 129.35 Kilograms, 20.36 Stone, 285.16 Pounds

Weekly Weight Loss – 1.65 Kilograms, 3.63 Pounds

Total Weight Loss – 8.35 Kilograms, 1.31 Stone, 18.4 Pounds

BMI – 39.7 (Obese), Total BMI Loss – 2.7, Check Your BMI

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Weekly Summary

Back To Normal

Finally, there’s an air of normality to life! After last week’s colossal disaster, I feel I’m back on track and getting accurate readings with weight. The weight gain last week was probably a little high and the week before was too low. This week has evened things out. Yes, I’m happy to be back on track but if truth be told I’m struggling a bit despite the weight loss.

Our beloved hound, Bowie, has a wonderful ability to have a look on his face which sums up exactly how I’m feeling right now!

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Post-Christmas Blues?

Pinpointing The Problems

I’m trying not to beat myself up too much but I’m disappointed with how Christmas went. I feel like a football team that went into the busy Yuletide fixture period on the crest of a wave, unbeaten for a long spell and was hit with a wave of injuries and several defeats on the trot. As I’ve always said when you hit problems, you have to tackle them and not run away. I’m annoyed because this is exactly the sort of problem I envisaged. Eat too much of the good stuff and the addiction kicks back in.

The Positives

After a slightly wobbly New Year’s weekend, I was completely back on track calories-wise and filling out the My Net Diary app. From Tuesday to Friday, all was good on that front but it was not easy to get through the days unlike before Christmas. There has been a good weight loss and I’m under 130 kilos. Whilst I know I’m struggling, I still think of the positives. I am almost 20 pounds lighter. I know how to pinpoint problems and deal with them. I’ve stopped drinking again and got my non-drinking head firmly back on.

The Negatives

I had way too much of the good stuff over Christmas as I feel hopelessly addicted to bad food again. The cravings I suffered all week were immense. This is exactly the sort of thing I was preaching about before Christmas and I’ve fallen for it hook, line and sinker. The main problem is that I feel like I’m back to square one. Sugar and processed food addiction has returned, I’ve gone back and reread the blogs about cravings and insomnia, I previously wrote. Sometimes you have to go back to move forward.

I don’t feel right because of the crap I’ve been putting in my system. I’m now convinced of this. My clothes aren’t feeling loose like before despite being a similar weight. I’m sleeping well and walking around 8000 steps a day. It simply has to be the food. The goodness I was tasting in even the most basic foods has gone. I crave tomato ketchup or baked beans with my breakfast.

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Bad Day

Stupid Saturday!

Yesterday was a slight disaster eating-wise. Although I did steer clear of chocolate and alcohol, I didn’t control my eating one jot. I ate a lot of rice cakes and snacks. We ordered a Chinese takeaway without rice, just the meal with prawn crackers. The takeaway wasn’t the problem, my mindset was! I just carried on eating most of the evening, watching telly. Just like I used to! I hate days which I completely waste with food. I wanted to update as usual but simply didn’t have the energy or mindset. Although in hindsight as I write with the freshness of a good night’s sleep, I’m glad it happened.

That might sound a little bizarre but I think I needed a non-Christmas eating day (albeit with slightly better food and no alcohol!) to admit the addiction has returned. I can tackle the problem head-on and go forward. Everything happens for a reason!

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Plan Of Action

Eat Yourself Fitter!

Thankfully, I’ve woken up in a positive frame of mind. I accept I’ve got a few tough days ahead as I get the sugar and processed foods out of my system. I’ve never realised the problems bad food causes you. Over the last two weeks, I’ve shoved way too much into my system. I need to be strong this week and resist sugar. This is where sheer willpower comes into force. I have to forget yesterday and embrace the challenge ahead. Half the battle is realizing the problems, dealing with them and getting the right mindset!

I must step away from the television, endure a few tough days of absolutely no sugar and stick with the three-meal-a-day plan. Just like I was doing before. Not one biscuit! I know this will go in a few days but for those few days, one simply has to be strong to get through them. I have to detox again! Insomnia and cravings will swim around!

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Eat Yourself Fitter!

My New Catchphrase!

I was desperately thinking of a title for today’s musings when out of the blue a song by the Mighty Fall from 1983 sprung to mind. This is my new slogan for 2024. This is exactly what I have to do! Every time I get the cravings or am struggling, I’m going to think of the late, great Mark E Smith and chums shouting “EAT YOURSELF FITTER” over Steve Hanley’s wonderfully repetitive bassline. Although, if I’m being picky, the correct title is “Eat Y’self Fitter”. And yes, I can be very picky like that!

Onwards & Upwards!

I do apologise for the somewhat downbeat nature of this blog but the bad things need to be reported just as much as the good things. All Christmas has done is take me two steps back and make me feel a heck of a lot worse. On the plus side, getting all this negativity off my chest is a great tonic and had I shafted my flabby arse into the office to write last night, I may not have descended into the eating madness I did. But, that matters not one whit, as what is done is done and I am the kind of chap who likes to look forward. Remember – EAT YOURSELF FITTER!!!!

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