The initial point in losing weight for me was to improve my health. Specifically to avoid the family legacy of type 2 diabetes and delay the progression of my (well established) arthritis. Since commencing this blog my efforts have fluctuated with my motivation. So though I might have thought I was being consistent with eating and exercising I obviously haven't. Pain limits my ability to exercise and leads me to break the habit entirely. Weight stagnation, or God forbid, gain, leads me to over or under eat. What I have lacked is consistency.
Having pretty much stayed the same weight for the last 2 months I decided to log my food to see if I could spot where the problem might be. On a whim I typed my diet diary into Calorie King and discovered I eat between 1100 and 1600 calories a day, averaging about 1500. According to all calculations I should be steadily losing weight. But I'm not. I believe this is because not all calories are created equal. However the fact of not actually gaining weight is good and I would not be devastated to accept this is my permanent weight.
However I would be unhappy if I was to remain at this level of fitness, strength and flexibility. I do not want to continue living in pain. And I am terrified of developing diabetes. So what to do?
Firstly-improve my diet. Logging all my food for a couple of weeks has shown me that sugar has crept back into my diet. When I went sugar free I definitely didn't have the level of pain I have at the moment and we all know sugar's relationship with diabetes. So that's my priority. Eliminate sugar.
Since consistency is key I will make a point of daily blogging so that habit, not motivation becomes my driving force.
I will end this year healthier than I started it, even if my weight stays the same.
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