Cut out, add in and size down

This week so far has been nice to me - well, sort of.

My great addictions that stand between me and losing weight are: Soft drinks, beer, large volumes of food, no water and no exercise.

I realise that if I tackle each of these, weight loss will come all by itself. So this week, I have been making an effort to address each of these areas of contention. Have I been successful? Sort of.

Soft drinks: They contain so much sugar and add nothing to your body except weight. I'm a 2 litre a day guy and have done only 2 litres in 4 days. Not bad, me think. I know, I know. I have to cut it out completely!

Beer: Nectar of the gods. Beer contains so much calories that by having just a couple a week pushes your calorie intake for the week over the limit. So I'm trying to have one that has only 2,4% alcohol and 122kJ per 100ml. And of course way less of them as well.

Food: I have been trying to have only one sandwich at a time in stead of two. I include fruit and have more, but smaller meals. I tend not get hungry. When I am hungry, I over-eat. When I'm not hungry, I tend not to have so much.

Water: The elixir of life. Apparently you should drink at least two litres of water per day. This week it was hot, so it was easy for me to drink gallons. My wife is really jealous of me. If I don't change my diet at all, but just drink 2 litres of water per day, I can still lose 2 kgs a week. Unfair, I know, but I just don't do it. This week I have been faithful and I'll tell you the results just now.

Exercise: I saw this program on TV where they discussed how important proper breathing is. What has this got to do with exercise? They said most people don't breathe deep enough. On the spot I took a deep breath. Man, was I surprised. Everything inside me ached. I couldn't believe it! That is why you exercise - to force your lungs to open up a bit. Just half an hour everyday will work wonders. This week I have done a heck of a lot of walking - and deep breathing.

The sum total of tall this? At the beginning of the week I weighed 147.7kg. After just four days? 145.3kg! That is a smashing 2.4kg in just 4 days! I think I shall have a glass of water and a good walk to celebrate!

But the worst is still to come - the weekend! I love having a BBQ on weekends, with beer and snacks. But this weekend I going to try and stick to the successful recipe of the week. Wish me good luck - I'll frigging need it!

The Ease of Losing Weight.

For the last few weeks my wife and I have been watching programs on TV about overweight people.  The programs were Supersize VS Super Skinny, weight loss spas and programs about people who were super morbidly obese and Half Ton Mom and Half Ton Dad of the Channel 4 BodyShock series.

In the Supersize VS Super Skinny each of the participants were shown the amount of food they consume in a weak. Since I am definitely not Super Skinny, I shall be concentrating on the Supersize part of the job.

Not only were these people showing the amount of food they were consuming, but also the kind of food and the amount of calories. We have learned a lot about what to eat, what not to eat and in which volumes.

Also were shown various remedies and therapies to rectify the lifestyle habits of these people and it was as clear as daylight that mine was not conducive to a healthy body. As the saying goes, Healthy Body, Healthy Mind.

I dare any overweight person out there to tell me that they are really truly happy with the way they look. We are all envious of people who can walk into a shop and pick clothes from a shelf and just wear it! With many of these people the root of their weight problem is not just the food itself, but the psychological reasons behind it.

However, I also believe that overweight people have co-offenders. In the case of Billy Robbins it is his mother and fortunately she realized this. Accepting responsibly is often the most difficult to do. The reason is simple: responsibility demands action! It is easy to say "Yes, I eat too much", but a whole new ballgame to say "No, thank you, I've had enough."

If you are lying in bed and you are too fat to get up to go get you own food, THE BLAME LIES WITH PERSON WHO BRINGS IT TO YOU!!!!!!     

If somebody only feeds you a calorie controlled diet, YOU ARE BOUND TO LOSE WEIGHT!!

But in the end there is a fact that stands like an Everest above all other facts: It is NOT easy to loose weight!

So, the battle of the bulge rages on.

Oh, by the way, the scale still hasn't been kind to me.

10 Reasons to lose weight!

November 2, 2011

Today I woke up tired with my whole body aching as if I had a huge workout yesterday. But I didn't. I decided to weigh myself and measure my circumference. Both shocked me.

Both my wife and I are overweight and have talked many, many times about doing something about it. The last couple of weeks my hips have been aching and it was there in the back of my mind that my current lifestyle has something to about it.

Today, however I felt the worst I have felt and I decided to take stock of where I stand with myself. It's tough, because once you have taken stock, you now have the responsibility to do something about it, and that is what I have been avoiding. Unfortunately the stats look as follows:

Height: 174 cm

Weight: 146,7 kg

BMI: 48,5

I have also become aware of signs in, on and around my body:

1. Aching joints.
2. Standing too long or walking very short distances causes lower back pain.
3. When I lay down the fat on my chest sticks to the fat on my face.
4. When using public transport (plane or bus) or use public amenities, the seats or cubicles are too small.
5. Physical restrictions to do simple tasks, e.g. tying shoelaces or picking up something you have dropped.
6. Light headedness while or after doing simple tasks.
7. Difficulty in finding clothes that fit.
8. Difficulty in looking well-dressed.
9. Shortness of breath.
10. Procrastination due to everything being just too much of an effort.