BACK INTO IT

Thanks to all of you wonderful people for your encouraging words, it really has been a support. Reading over my post again made me cringe a bit and I can hear my mother's voice telling me "not to be so vulgar" lol. I think my little (OK, BIG) hissy fit did me some good and made me sit up and take stock of the situation. I made a pact with myself I wouldn't do anymore posts until I had something positive and constructive to write about.

I have worked out I need to be regimental about my eating, for the last three days I have not let ONE thing pass my lips that I wasn't supposed to have, not even let myself lick a serving spoon. I even resisted the cakes we had at work for a colleagues birthday on Friday which I can tell you is a feat in itself for me.I find if I have these things I just want more. Then I tell myself "oh well I've slipped now, might as well eat what I want for the rest of the day" only trouble was that was happening 4 out of the 7 days in a week, so my weight was yo-yoing all the time.

The other problem was the exercise - or lack of it.So I arranged my weekend so I would have time to start back at the gym on Saturday morning first thing, as if I left it to the afternoon I may have chickened out and made some pathetic excuse not to go. I made it - and what a relief the first session is done and out of the way.My session consisted of 3 x sets of 10 on the weights circuit and 18 minutes on the treadmill walking at around 4kms per hour. Nothing flash - but it's a start. Actually I surprised my self on the treadmill as I thought if I could handle 10 minutes I'd be happy (as that is all I could do when I started several moths ago) and even at 18 mins I felt I could do more, but I wanted to stick to the original plan of easing myself back into exercise again as I want to be able to walk tomorrow. So that's it I have more focus at the moment, something I haven't had in a long while,and it feels good, it makes me feel somewhat empowered. I know I have a long way to go.