Hard to believe it, but six weeks are almost up! And, amazingly, I've written here every single one of those days hehe. Well, I guess I haven't lost as much weight as I originally aimed to do, and I haven't followed the program properly hehe being as how I decided to go vegan half way through! However, I am definitely fitter, at least 100% fitter, if not more! AND I've maintained the first steady weightloss that I've been able to accomplish in literally years. Basically, I've stuck with an improved diet far longer than I've ever ever managed to before.
Last time I lost a significant amount of weight it was using diet drugs (the prescription type) that work because they decrease your appetite and you lose the desire to eat. Sure, it works, but it didn't work for the long term, because gradually I put all the weight back on plus more. I ended up fatter than I was after giving birth to my last child, which is somewhere I never, ever thought I'd be.
Technically I'm still obese, and that's a tough thing to deal with. I never thought I'd be so overweight that I'd end up clinically obese, but it happened. Sure I'm not one of those massively huge people, in fact, compared to a lot of people I don't even look that huge. I was reading somewhere that a large number of obese people don't consider themselves obese, and I think it's because we all think of "obese" as those really enormous people, you know, the ones who wear size 24 clothes. We don't think of people who fit into size 14-16 as obese, but they can be. Actually getting a BMI of 30 doesn't immediately make you look massively huge, so you really just look "overweight" when in fact you're clinically "obese". Most of my clothing is only size 14, so yeah, at my fattest that's what I was still wearing, even though I'm obese. Partly, this is because I'm so short! For me to be a healthy weight, I need to be size 8 or 10, whereas a tall woman could wear size 14-16 and be perfectly healthy.
Anyway, that's just a little philosophical musing! The positive thing from all of this is I now KNOW I can lose the weight and get back to a healthy weight. I know this, because for 6 weeks I've eaten well. Although my diet has changed markedly, I'm STILL eating well (just differently). I rarely eat junk food, and when I do I don't eat much. Now I'm vegan, it makes it harder to eat out at a restaurant I've discovered, but I don't break down and eat a burger or something because it's just not available to me now. This doesn't mean that one day I won't eat fries ;) However, for now and for the most part, I've been good. And if I can do that for 6 weeks, I can do it for life. Obviously I'm not going to stop now, because I do have a high school reunion coming up in a few weeks. I want to maximise my weight loss before that time!!! I am thinking of trying 100% raw for the month of April in order to achieve that goal, so we'll have to see how I go!
My aim was to be "not overweight" by the time the reunion comes around, and I'm not sure I can achieve that, because that would require losing probably an unrealistic number of kilograms between now and then. But I can aim to be as healthy and fit as I can possibly make myself in that time, and then not tie myself up in knots because I'm fatter than I wanted to be. There is no doubt in my mind that by the time the end of the year rolls around I'll be at my goal weight, because I can definitely achieve it in that time, even if the weight loss rate drops I'll still get there. Some of that is just logic, and the rest is determination!
In April I may also increase my exercise, so that I'm riding further each day, and I will definitely push the EPOC. I do want maximum results for April, so I know what I am capable of achieving!
Well I have written the article today, I just want to go through it and ensure it's okay before submitting to the client. Hopefully it's what he's after! That will discharge this week's duty, but I'll try and get next week's done on Monday. Mind you, Monday will be sort of busyish as I will be making a certain child a birthday cake, as my youngest is about to turn 8! Hard to believe, but true ;)
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