Here are a few diary entries since my last post on 8.07.2021
(Nothing Samuel Pepys would be proud of but maybe worth a read.)
22nd July 2021
I am still off the sugar but very confused as a dress I got into a few weeks ago is a little tight. Yes, I have only lost two pounds so far but how could I be bigger ? 🤷♀️ .
23rd July 2021
Well it is hotter than the centre of a volcano so I am not moving much. I walk to work, to anywhere essential and then home. This is not good for weight loss but essential for my sanity. Normal movement will resume when the heat dissipates.
24th July 2021
Ok, it’s official, no weight loss this week and I am fed up. It seems a shame to miss out on cake, chocolate etc and stay the same weight. Whatever happens and however disillusioned I feel, I must not let this put me off though; I am determined to succeed as I did in 2017/2018.
25th July 2021
I walked a fair few steps today so I am hoping that will help with the weight loss. I have been looking at what I ate this week and I can see areas where I have probably eaten a little too much. I find it easiest to be brutally honest with myself so I will never be that person who cannot see how much they are eating or won't admit it. If you are the kind of person who eats a takeaway, chocolate and crisps while trying to lose weight... just admit it. Personally I have had too many packs of hummus crisps, my meals have been too big and I haven't eaten enough protein.
26th July 2021
I had a holiday day from work and have walked over 12,000 steps. I have to say that this makes me feel physically and mentally better. Exercising really does boost you in so many ways and I do feel that I need to do other things apart from just walking. I am not ready to join a gym yet and I don't feel it is fair to jump up and down to an exercise video because I live in a flat. Of course I will find a solution as problems are there to be solved.
2nd August 2021
I have lost another pound! Yes, that is not a lot but it is better than staying the same or gaining weight. I can only be hopeful that I carry on losing weight steadily in the coming weeks.
Still off the sugar but bad cravings the last couple of days. I think this is definitely hormonal so I am ignoring the cravings. I have to remember to eat less and move more.... it's the only way.
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Date |
Stats |
Notes |
Total
loss so far |
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10th July 2021 |
Weight |
176 pounds (79.832 kg) |
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Dress size |
UK 18 |
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17th July 2021 |
Weight |
174 pounds (78.925 Kg) |
2 pounds lost |
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Dress size |
UK 18 |
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24th July 2021 |
Weight |
174 pounds (78.925 kg) |
No change |
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Dress size |
UK 18 |
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1st August 2021 |
Weight |
173 pounds (78.471kg) |
1 pound lost |
3 pounds (1.36kg) |
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Dress size |
UK 18 |
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Steps walked in the last 15 days |
151,909 |
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Average steps per day |
10,127 |
I have decide that these weight loss posts will not be weekly but just when I feel it is a good time to update them. I don't want to put unnecessary pressure on myself as we all need to be less stressed in life.
