Weighing In

Well I'm not actually weighing in today, I'm away on holidays. I wasn't going to post about the weighing in label but I decided to combine it with the exercise and healthy living labels as they all interrelate and have been a large part of the content on this blog. So why do I care about my weight? I care about my weight as I don't want to get type 2 diabetes, I don't want to die an early death and I want to feel healthier and not feel tired and lazy. I also don't like the way my tummy feels sometimes, it feels to big and bloated and can make me feel uncomfortable in my clothes. I also want to show my kids that I can lose weight and be a role model to them.
I've never really been one for exercise, as long as I can remember I was hopeless at running any distance at all. I did used to ride my push bike everywhere but although I'd like to think that I still could, I'm pretty sure that I'd struggle to ride any real distance. I've always wanted to do more exercise, I've just been too lazy to do it. Buying junk food is too easy, having a beer or two after work instead of going for a walk seems much more preferable to me. I know why I'm overweight and I know what I need to do to lose weight, I just struggle to do it.
Although I've lost my way a little recently, I am still lighter than I was when I started on this journey and I can see that the effort I was putting in was making a difference. It was when I started to cut too many corners that I got myself in trouble and started to put weight back on. It really is as simple as calories in vs calories burnt. Eat more than you can burn and you'll put on weight. Eat less than you burn and you'll lose weight. Where it gets tricky is when your body starts burning less in an effort to compensate for you losing weight, your body doesn't really want you to lose weight, it wants you to keep it to make sure you can survive through the next famine.
I do still intend to get down to 90kg, it just may take a little longer than I was hoping. At the end of the day, as long as I'm healthier and getting healthier each day, then I'm happy.

Bomber
I'm probably putting on weight as you read this...