Today Morning I weighed myself in. I do this every week to adjust my water intake. This morning I realised that I had gained 2 kilos more. For the first time in my memory, this upset me. I am no stranger to weight fluctuations. However, today I was upset at the gain and angry at myself. Very Very Angry. The reason is that I have been binge eating since October. I tried the GM diet in October and lost 3 kilos. This was despite the fact that it was peak Festive season!
You can read about my GM diet experience in this series of posts.
I began travelling immediately afterward and the binging has just not stopped. I hogged so much during my Singapore and Hong Kong trip in October and November, that even hubby remarked that I had gained weight! In December I was in Munich and it was all meat, cheese, wine and every other junk we got our hands on. Thereafter, I have been extending my healthy eating timeline by some excuse or another. The latest one was to start after my birthday. It has been nearly a week since my birthday and I have regressed. What I am wondering is…
Weight never upset me before. Why Now?
This feeling of anger at letting myself go is new to me. I have never felt like this about my weight before. The worst thing is that I know what to do. I know the course of action that needs to be taken! I just need to get off my lazy ass and do it! Send me some inspiration my girlies!!
This post was written as part of Microblog Mondays, an initiative by the lovely Mel over at Stirrup Queens. She is a great community blogger and I love her idea of using your blog for Microblogging than any other platform! Read more about What is Microblog Monday here.
I realize I have gained weight and am trying to be in control & not to over-eat 🙂 Have started consciously watching and being aware of my diet!
yeah I was also unhappy with the scales recently after the Christmas period. Trying to make small positive changes in January, like walking/moving more, not eating late at night, trying to find healthier alternatives to cake/sweets, like nuts, fruit etc, it takes some strong willpower though!
It does… and its so easy to slip in a moment of weakness! Am so glad so many women are telling me about the changes they are making… such inspiration!
It is so hard to change the way you eat. The best I can give you is that I’ve cut out two things and two things only for the time being: eating after dinner (I allow myself to have a cup of tea, but that’s it) and refined sugar. I can’t change everything at once, so I’m going for two things. When those two feel set, I’ll change two more things. Because I have been eating terribly.
That is smart Mel.. real smart… another friend of mine gave me a similar advice yesterday saying I should set smaller goals for myself! The sugar thing is easy… let me start with that… thanks a bunch 🙂
Weight is just a battle! I weigh myself once a week and am trying to lose nearly 60 lbs (it started out as 30, then 40… now 60). It seems like every time I try, I end up gaining more.
Keep you chin up! 🙂
I hear you sister! Been in that situation and I understand how tough it is… Hope you are putting up a darn good fight 🙂