I've dropped only 2 pounds since 27 September (well, I lost another 6, but regained it again ) and I need to get the weight moving again. I haven't altogether stopped eating healthily, and I've still had way more OP days than not, but the off-plan days have been outrageously so, and consequently I've stopped shrinking.
Exercise has always been a dirty word to me, so it's the first thing to go by the wayside whenever I feel a little off colour, and I've not been too well recently (my Menière's is playing up something rotten, and I still haven't shifted that root canal infection). Instead of adapting my exercise to accommodate being sick, I've used it as an excuse to cry off altogether. I've been getting a bit of walking and cycling in, but not much, especially since the weather turned cold. I need to start out slowly again, or I won't keep it up. This is what I've decided to begin with:
- A minimum of 30 minutes brisk walking on Mon, Weds, Fri;
- 30 minutes light strength training on Tues, Thurs, Sat.
- Daily kcal budget of 1,200-1,550 kcals (to a maximum of 9,800 per week);
- Unlimited non-starchy veggies;
- 2 litres water;
- No "white" carbs (pasta, potatoes, rice);
- No ket (chips and sweeties);
- No eating in front of the telly;
- Alcohol limited to 120 ml (4 fl.oz) of spirits a week.
- Post my next day's meal plans on the Journal/Buddy thread;
- Post whether or not I lived up it.
My pledge to myself is to totally stick with this plan for 3 weeks (I'm bound to spend more kcals on Christmas Day, though I won't be going mad), and re-evaluate then.
I know can do this! Now I'm promising that I will do this!