It seems that a lot of my posts at the moment are quite short, but I am sure that you'll forgive me, knowing that we are al really busy at the moment and that trying to sort out remote learning and other things is taking a while. This is being made especially difficult with the government changing its advice every other day (although always second to everyone else).
Today I started stage three, the eating healthy part of my 'get back into it slowly' routine. If you remember the first stage was stretching, the second was getting back into exercise and this, the third, is the healthy eating stage of it. Just to confirm, I have done my stretches today and my exercises, and walked 3 miles. I have also done the planning and meetings with regards to remote learning and also reading and research. I've been trying to make sure that my mind is occupied a lot so that I am not thinking about food or alcohol.
The day has been trickier than I thought it would be, especially this evening when, after walking the dog, I returned to the smell of cooking chicken and I immediately wanted something to eat. Now, normally, I would simply go to the cupboard or fridge and pick something out to eat and keep going. I may also grab a beer and then start to drink, but not today. Today I have kept firmly on track, no matter how hard it has been.
There are a couple of things that are really helping me to not give in, despite the urges, and they are my daughter (I really want to see her grow up and have a job, get married etc) and, secondly, when I weighed myself this morning, I was 14 stone 2.5lbs, the heaviest I have ever been in my life. I was a little taken aback, but it has really helped me to stay on track today, despite there being multiple morsels to nibble on throughout the day.
For breakfasts this week, I have gone for bacon, egg and beans - a low carb option, with a chicken salad for lunch, some fruit for snacks and ham risotto as a dinner. There are far less carbs in my meals today than I would normally have, although not exactly the low carb high fat I was hoping for but I will gradually get into that as time goes on. Or I may not...we'll se how things go. I certainly want to cut down on the amount of carbs I eat. I have also removed any alcohol from the house (that I like) so that I am not tempted to have a 'quick one' and derail myself: as I keep saying...not doing it is not an option.
So altogether a good day for me...apart from the weigh-in! But hey, that's what I am here for, to get it down and to become healthy. I am sure that, if I continue on the way I have today, I should have lost quite a bit by the end of the week (especially through getting rid of the water retained in my body through drinking copious amounts of alcohol. There is a looooooooong way to go yet, but I am gaining confidence and hopefully all the work will have paid off on Monday when I next weigh in!
Until tomorrow, have a safe day, stay safe tomorrow and be safe always. Stay strong.
Thanks for reading.
Sean.
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