Weight-loss update

Its been a while since I did one of these updates. I started writing this post, a couple of weeks back but just didn’t get around to finishing it. I have LOST a whopping 11 kgs in the last year, since April 28th,2014 to be precise.
No fad diets- just good old calorie counting. Its a bit tedious to start with but MFP rocks. And I have added some exercise, 2-3 times a week. Some weeks I can get to the gym on a 4th day too and on other weeks, I can barely fit in 1, but living in a house with stairs has its own advantages..so some extra trips up and down those stairs, help.
In the past, I always had a mission-a mission to lose X number of kilos by this date or 2 dress sizes by that date, and if that didn’t happen, it was enough for me to get disappointed and fall off the wagon.
In the past, I tried extreme diets- elimination diets- going off sugar, carbs and what-nots and then I would binge, like there was no tomorrow.
But, as I am getting older, I am getting wiser( or so I like to think!) I have come to realise that elimination or extreme dieting is not for me. Another reason why calorie counting works for me. If I want to really eat something, I can then adjust the rest of my calories, around it. And if I really, really want to eat something, I just eat it and work the rest of the day around it. It stops me from bingeing at the end of the day. Fortunately, the cravings are very rare. I can sit there, looking at a box of chocolate and not reach for it. Its all in the mind I guess( and I hope I haven’t jinxed it now!!!)
This time, I started with no goal in mind.. actually that’s wrong. I did have a goal and that goal was to get fit! But I didn’t have a deadline or goal weight- my only aim was to lose weight and lose weight for good. I reached the 10 kg mark, a week or 10 days before the 1 year anniversary of weight-loss(Thank you MFP for reminding me ) and decided to push more and ended up with 11 kgs loss.
I still have a long way to go till I reach my happiest number on the scale but that doesn’t take away from this milestone.
For my next goal, I have a set number. I am aiming to lose 7 kgs by Ms.An’s birthday. Losing the next 7 kgs will take me to my happy weight. I call it my happy weight, because it’s the lowest number I reached post-babies(both of them!)
This morning I told SP about my next magic number, 7 and he reminded me that every time I lose weight or get aggressive with my weight-loss mission, I face a setback and E.V.E.R.Y single time it is an Asthma attack.And you know what? He is right! What started as a sinus headache two days back has turned into a full blown wheeze now. My doctor had mentioned Exercise-induced asthma at one stage too..so I don’t know if its that. Anyway, I am sipping lots of hot-water, OD-ing on flu-meds and taking my preventer on time and generally staying warm and resting.
The other thing that I am hoping will help is working out in a warm gym as opposed to working out in the open, which I absolutely love. But, as I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, that the biggest change for me this time has been accepting my limitations and working around it. I would’ve loved to lose 10 kgs in 3 months, B.U.T I don’t know think its possible realistically with my hormonal issues, time-limitations and busy life( life with two little kids is busy :D).
I’ll update here when I get to my next milestone 🙂
I’ll be back with updates about Ms.An, who has reached a milestone of her own in the last week.. Soon.. for now the bed beckons.
Love,
T