Starting out

I thought I would start a different blog for my weight loss journey.  So this is it.

A couple of weeks ago, Sparrow called me fat.  A few times.  It hurt, but I got over it.

Then he told me that a boy from his school told him that I was fat.  That hurt more.  He got teased because I was fat.

So that's it.  I'm on a new eating plan (I don't really like the word diet) and I'm exercising.  I walk most mornings for half an hour, and then I either go on the cross trainer or the exercise bike for half an hour at night.  Not a lot of exercise, but as easy as it is to make excuses to not get on and do some exercise - its easy to think that half an hour isn't a lot of time to commit to making myself fitter and healthier.

Anyway - I started out on the 23rd of April weighing 100kg.

I weighed in last Monday (30th April) and had lost 2.8kg in my first week of eating healthy and exercising.  I'm not really doing anything that dramatically different, I have either a green smoothie or raw fruit cereal for breakfast, a salad with either tuna or chicken for lunch, and then normal dinners.  I have rice crackers and fruit for snacks, and have been going pretty well with my willpower to not gobble up all the biscuits that I buy for the kids.

I have my picture of me on my fridge to remind me how disgusting I look at the moment.  I don't want to be looking like that next year.  So I'm giving myself till Easter next year to get where I want to be - 65 by Easter time I call it!

So that's it!  This is to keep me accountable, keep me motivated and keep me on track to where I want to be.  And hopefully Sparrow will never have to be teased about my weight again.

Starting weight - 100kg
Current weight - 97.2kg

Let's see what Monday brings!