I started off trying to live a healthier and more active lifestyle last September. With such a lot of weight to lose it seemed a LONG way to go but I decided that I might as well enjoy it and get my head out of that space of needing instant results.
By the time I joined Round 1 of the 12WBT I had lost nearly 10 kilos. And I had done it relatively easily. The only real changes I made were cutting out sugar (cakes, biscuits, chocolate) and other junk food such as potato chips, and upping my exercise (which wasn't hard to do given that before I pretty much I did nothing!). Instead of torturing myself with ridiculous quick-fix diets that promise everything but deliver nothing, I told my head that it was about getting fit and healthy and that losing weight was not the main goal. That mind shift for the most part seems to have worked. I don't get as mad with myself when I slip up (and reward/punish myself with food for being useless) and if I do slip up I do it knowingly. rather than mindless snacking.
This morning I did my weekly 12WBT weigh-in. All up I have lost 18.1 kilos. My BMI is now in the 30s. Slow and steady, I am getting there. As the advert says, it won't happen overnight, but it will happen!
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