OK so I know this is a trixy thing and I should probably not post it here but I'm going to anyway.
It has been an AGE since I posted. Much much much has happened since we last made contact here, but heres where I'm going to tell you what 2008 is bringing me. January, I went away with work and a photo was taken of me. It was horribly unflattering and basically shocked me. I saw how big I am, for the first time. I mean I knew I was big but crikey, I never knew I was THAT big. My Christmas Party pictures made me look like a fat Mrs Claus instead of a slinky santa's helper. Then came the pic of me at a conference looking larger than life.
So, what started happening? I made the decision that I have to change my lifestyle. I HAVE to do it. I have never been this big in my life - my mother was always huge but even she was never this big. I am obese and sedentary. I drive to work, I sit at my desk all day, I drive home, I sit on the sofa all night, I lie in my bed, rinse repeat.
So in the middle of January I began following a program I'd seen on TV during the Channel 4 "Food Week" it is called Cook Yourself Thin - horrid name for a show but the principles behind it are actually very good. Substitution is the key. Instead of spuds full of carbs and yummy, have Jerusalem Artichokes. Instead of buying ready meals and take-aways, learn to cook and know what goes into the food.
I started following this, keeping a food diary (part of the CYT website) and began to take control of my kitchen. So far, I've lost 11lbs. Last Saturday I had an induction at the gym, followed on Sunday by a body pump class. Tonight I have another Body Pump class and will attend gym 3 x a week.
I am shockingly unfit. The guy doing the assessment didn't believe me when I said "No really, I AM sedentary" he was pretty shocked when he saw how unfit I am. Anyway, I am determined, I'm going to get my weight down and to give me something to aim for - I'm going to run the race for life on 29th June 2008.
I am doing this with my brothers lovely girlfriend. Together, we are taking on the race for life and in memory of my father who died from Non Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2001 I am going to at the very least JOG the course.
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Good luck to you! Keep at it, you can do it!
I hope all is going well, Mulene! You're doing something wonderful!
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Hey Sweets--you're absolutely doing what I SHOULD be doing--my life's completely sitting or in bed!! I think it's great you've seen yourself in "realtime". because that's so hard for mme to do! Good luck, but you sound so determined..I don't think you're going to need it!!
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