So I've gone up and down in weight throughout my adult life, but I'm the heaviest I've ever been by far. Even at 9 months pregnant I was nowhere near this heavy! And now that I'm past 45 it's so hard to lose it.
Not that I've really been trying lately... let's be honest, for the past 2 years I've sat on my ever expanding arse and just been eating, eating, eating my way through anything in the house!
January 2015 is the last time I was at a healthy weight (I was a shade under 60kg), but I got lazy - there's no excuse for it. I just gained and gained, and I kept telling myself I'd do something about it but I was lying to myself. When I got over 85kg I went to the doctor to see if I had hormone issues or thyroid problems. Nope - just Fat Arse Syndrome. I did make one positive change; I gave up smoking 4 months ago. But since then I've gained 4kg. And this HAS TO STOP.
I'm 92.5kg, and I'm only 160cm tall. I'm clinically obese, and I need to get down under 60kg, not just so I can stop wearing the same fugly muumuus day in and day out, but for my health. I'm so terribly unfit I can't walk up a flight of stairs without getting puffed! I can't run around with my kids, and the last thing I want is them being ashamed of their fat mum, or thinking being this overweight is normal. I want to change their life for the better by changing mine.
So here I am.
My first 30mg dose of Duromine was taken at 7am today. I'm using MyFitnessPal to track calories, but I'm also giving OptiFast shakes a go (my first one was shite, by the way - why don't the lumps come out? Why can't you put boiling water in them???). And I have my dreadmill all set up in the spare room so there's NO EXCUSE not to exercise. I'll start with 30 min walking on it a day, at least 5 days a week, and as my fitness increases I'll think about other ways to exercise.
So far I've had the wide-eyed staring thing for about 2 hours over 'lunchtime' and then felt a bit dry-mouthed, shaky and spacey for an hour after that, like a speed comedown. Feeling pretty normal right now (4pm). Only had the smallest hunger craving around midday, which is when I had my OptiFast. Aside from that I've only drunk tea, coffee and water. Lots of water.
Haven't done any measurements - might update with those later.
Bring it on!
Not that I've really been trying lately... let's be honest, for the past 2 years I've sat on my ever expanding arse and just been eating, eating, eating my way through anything in the house!
January 2015 is the last time I was at a healthy weight (I was a shade under 60kg), but I got lazy - there's no excuse for it. I just gained and gained, and I kept telling myself I'd do something about it but I was lying to myself. When I got over 85kg I went to the doctor to see if I had hormone issues or thyroid problems. Nope - just Fat Arse Syndrome. I did make one positive change; I gave up smoking 4 months ago. But since then I've gained 4kg. And this HAS TO STOP.
I'm 92.5kg, and I'm only 160cm tall. I'm clinically obese, and I need to get down under 60kg, not just so I can stop wearing the same fugly muumuus day in and day out, but for my health. I'm so terribly unfit I can't walk up a flight of stairs without getting puffed! I can't run around with my kids, and the last thing I want is them being ashamed of their fat mum, or thinking being this overweight is normal. I want to change their life for the better by changing mine.
So here I am.
My first 30mg dose of Duromine was taken at 7am today. I'm using MyFitnessPal to track calories, but I'm also giving OptiFast shakes a go (my first one was shite, by the way - why don't the lumps come out? Why can't you put boiling water in them???). And I have my dreadmill all set up in the spare room so there's NO EXCUSE not to exercise. I'll start with 30 min walking on it a day, at least 5 days a week, and as my fitness increases I'll think about other ways to exercise.
So far I've had the wide-eyed staring thing for about 2 hours over 'lunchtime' and then felt a bit dry-mouthed, shaky and spacey for an hour after that, like a speed comedown. Feeling pretty normal right now (4pm). Only had the smallest hunger craving around midday, which is when I had my OptiFast. Aside from that I've only drunk tea, coffee and water. Lots of water.
Haven't done any measurements - might update with those later.
Bring it on!
