Does my bum look big in this? (such an odd shaped shadow). The sky was blue, the sun was warm, but when we got to the beach the wind was bitterly ice cold so I was glad of the old fleece jacket I keep in the car for such occasions. It’s only four sizes too big for me now!
Now, getting to the point of this post – do you remember my “Accountability” blog post? Well things didn’t go quite as planned. I enthusiastically started following my new exercise plan, only to hit a brick wall when I had to face up to the fact that my pain isn’t something that I can program into my life. It is too varied, too unpredictable, and sometimes much more painful and disabling than I allow myself to believe (or pamper to).
Added to that, life can just be downright unpredictable, you might have visitors to stay, or maybe you fall and hurt yourself… maybe you get a cold bug and just want to sleep all day. So, the last few weeks haven’t been easy.
How to lose 100lbs? I’m definitely going through a rocky patch – at the moment I feel as though this road to weight-loss is full of potholes and debris.
I have managed a couple of beach walks and some ‘walking indoors’ exercise (although I had to abandon this because it was causing me severe hip pain). I have also managed some strength-type exercises, along with some physio exercises, and I’ve noticed a little muscle and balance improvement. So some good things there, I just didn’t do anywhere near as much as I had planned, and I haven’t been swimming at all.
Diet-wise everything is going absolutely fine – the Paleo way of eating is just routine for me now.
As far as the weight loss is concerned, well it is still happening, but it is happening very slowly. I am happy to report that, although I’ve only lost 4lbs, I have gone down a complete clothes size and I’m now a solid size 14 – even in jeans.
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Note: I set out with the intention of treating myself to a nice pair of jeans, but ended up buying possibly the cheapest pair it’s possible to buy – it was a ‘fit’ issue (not a size issue).
Onward and Upward. (Or should that be ‘downward’ in the weightloss world). I’ll let you know how I get on.