Size Advice

Weight of the day!

admin — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:45:19 +0000

One week into my new weightloss plan and I’m a bit off at the moment. I had a weigh-in today, and was expecting great results – I hadn’t lost anything. (Why I expected that I don’t know, I have not been a good dieter)

I didn’t lose any weight at all! I gained a fuckin kilo!

There is no mystery here, I’ve been away on a trip (a music festival). There’s been a lot (A LOT) of drinking and the eating has not been very sensible either. I honestly don’t know how to adress this!? I think I will try to get a hold of a friend who has had quite a success at loosing weight this summer. He has lost about 25kilos (aprox. 50 lbs!). I don’t know what plan he is following, but I think I need to know. I must get back on track. I feel heavy, sluggish, unattractive and very, very down at the moment.

Why have I failed so miserably so many times?

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:22:18 +0000

I usually do fine until I get some time off. What does this tell me?

Well, it tells me that I’m more focused in my everyday life than in my leisure time. It’s easier when I have a firm rhythm / agenda in my days. And it tells my that I equate fun and relaxation with food and no exercise. Bummer! It also tells me that I’ve been overly confident that I could maintain the weight loss in times with no exercise, and that’s clearly not the case.

How do I stay motivated for longer periods of time?

That is the BIG question, isn’t it? I don’t know (yet), but I will find out. All articles I’ve ever read about motivation will be studied even harder and more thoroughly. But this is the key to permanent weight loss I think.

What do I want, really?

Is it just to be thin and more attractive, I want to say yes, but that’s just a “half truth”.

I want to live beyond 45, to be there for my children and for my wife.

I want to be more active in all my relationships. I want to be more awake, and I want to sleep better.

I want better health, with less back pain and less fatigue.

I want to be able to run for at least half an hour without being too exhausted.

I want to start fishing again, today it’s too much hassle and too exhausting to get there (where the fish are).

I want to manage my work even better, I need to be physically fit to manage all the intellectual struggles that lay before me.

I want to have an even more active spare time, going to concerts, being with friends and other stuff.

AND I want to look better and feel better about myself!

Are my goals realistic and obtainable?

I think they are (I hope so), I just have to adjust my original time frame for reaching them.

Do I know when I want my goals to be reached?

Before next summer, let’s say may 2011. That means that I have to loose around two pounds a week. I think I could do that, I know I can!

When will I reach my goals? Well, look above. I think what I want and what can be done are the same.

How will I reward myself when my goals are met?

I will buy windsurfing equipment for my family. I used to windsurf when I was younger and have always regretted giving it up.

I want to teach my children how to do this, I was quite good in another time (far far away) and think they would love it also. Something to do together.

So, why don’t I just give up?

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:18:25 +0000

I could live my life as a reasonably happy fat person (I think…)

It’ll probably be a shorter life, because of the stress on my organs. I’ll probably be tired most of the time, and my back and knees will prevent me from being active, probably.
I will probably not like myself very much. My personal life will most likely be more tiresome, and my sex life, oh I don’t want to go there!

I will not place my bets in that pot, I want to like myself.

I know that there are no guaranty that losing weight will fix all the above, but I believe that I need to do something to increase my chances of a better life.

I am not striving to be a healthy fat person, but to loose weight AND be healthy.
My point (THE point) is that the weight loss is the most important thing for me.

I once wrote a list on why I would like to drop some kilos. The List was long and with explanations to each point. I don’t think I need it anymore, it all boil down to this:

If I loose weight, I will be happier. If I am more happy, it will rub off on the people close to me.

That is what I want and that’s why I do this again!

To new beginnings and ends

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:07:23 +0000

“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.”
T S Eliot

This is a quote I borrowed from another weight loss blog (http://sheloseseverything.blogspot.com/), and I think these Eliot words pretty much sums up where I am right now.

I am doing my yo-yo-best, but it’s simply not good enough. Those kilos come on so easy, but they’re so damn hard to get rid of. Yo-yo dieting is the worst kind: full of disappointments and dangerous also, and it gets harder and harder and harder to get down again.

I am ready (again)!
I will get rid off all the obstacles, of all the baggage that is holding me back. I will write this blog on a regular basis to keep myself accountable. To have a place to vent all my dark feelings. To share my ups and downs. Hopefully I will be a better writer along the way. Hopefully I will be a less heavy writer.

I’ve got this blog and I’ve written some articles (now deleted). It has been a bit on and off. I have just read through my articles and the ones I like the best are the personal ones. I will try to be more personal.

The Blog will get a new form, I will take away the stuff that I don’t like. Something will be re-written and expanded on. I believe the blog will transform into a journal of my weight-loss, at least that’s what I’m trying to do.

I think I’ll keep the name, I think it’s kinda catchy: SizeAdvice

Why am I doing this? Why don’t I just give it up?

I’ll try to give some sort of explanation in my next post. See ya!