January's progress

Remember the loss I reported mid-month, well since there's been no further progress. *Sigh* 

But, I do think someone's sabotaging my scales!!!

By this I mean physically I do feel as if I've lost weight.  The little things that most people take for granted have become so much easier to do.  For example, if something fell on the floor previously I'd have to psyche myself up before attempting to retrieve it - not laziness just pain.  Most worryingly for me my knees would shriek and it would be a huge effort to rise from a crouching position.  However, now I can easily swoop down, or crouch and rise without any effort at all.  Personally I feel a bounce has returned to my step, so I can now easily nip in and out of small spaces or run up steps - taking them two at a time (when no one's looking)!

I've received a number of positive comments this month.  On Thursday a colleagues said "you're melting away", to which I replied that she must be mistaken, I hadn't lost any more weight this month.  "No, no" she said "your trousers are really loose, maybe your fat is redistributing, but you've definitely lost weight".

Does fat redistrute, or is it my scales?

Well what's for February. 

1. I still have that 1/2 stone to lose to get to my first goal but I do know what I have to increase the exercise side of things to get there.  With my life upside down at the moment what's fallen to the wayside has been exercise -- it simply ain't happening at the moment. 
2. I see my general practitioner this month for my annual review.  I'm a little worried as my sugar may have crept up a touch.... there's only been the previously stated blip but I have eaten a lot of fruit over the last couple of months, not forgetting the dates.
3. Today I added another goal, and an ambitious one...

Over the last few months my eyes have been turning to a bright shade of green. Last year my sister moved to Devon and has been learning to surf - yes right through our British Winter!   I simply can't wait to join her.  Today, I was parked near the sea and someone out there kite surfing (which they do on our South Coast). Wow, the speed and the jumps, it looks so exhillerating.  Yes, I know you don't *have* to lose weight to have a go but you do have to sqeeze into an unflattering wet suit!

Comments

[justoofat]

I think your last goal is utterly fabulous! I love the fact that you are setting one that is only loosely related to the number on the scale. Good for you... and I'm sure we all expect pics! :)

j

[DoingTheCaveman]

Actually at the w/e I was checking out holidays (for March!!!) incorporating intensive tuition, and was that close to hitting the buy button. Only restrained myself on account of, not only the wetsuit, but realism - would I have currently have the upper body strength - probably not *quite* yet.

Pics!!!! One day

[justoofat]

So... how is February shaping up???

j

[AllHeart]

Don't be too hard on yourself. Measuring yourself too often can be quite damaging mentally. Fluctuations in fluid levels and retention levels in the body can give over a kilogram difference between any given days. I can weigh myself one morning and be x and the next day I am x+1 then the next I am x-1.5. Weight measurement should be used in conjunction with a waist measurement. So long as the waistline is going down you are on the right track regardless of actual weight on scales. I weigh myself once a fortnight just to keep general track of things but don't really care about the number, I just plot it on a graph for the year and see the trend. I also do the same with my waist measurement. The waist measurement isn't suseptible to the fluctuations like the actual weight can be. Just some thoughts for you to ponder on and hopefully help you.

[DoingTheCaveman]

justoofat - sorry not to have replied to your comment yet re Feb, hope to update shortly, no sleeping - hazy thinking so no writing. Weight :(

Allheart - Oh dear did you pick up a touch of paranoia with the sabotage bit - it's a true prank someone I know has done before. Although I can't resist hopping on the scales, it's quite a buzz when the dial goes down. My waist measurement however is 39/40 inches so down a touch - the measurement wins.

With your own measurements, are you losing or just keeping within a comfort zone?

[AllHeart]

At present I'm sitting at about 79-80kg. I still want to lose a few more cm off the waist (currently at 90cm) and a few percent body fat (about 18% I think) but I'm running close to maintenance now. As I mentioned a while ago I lost about 8 kilos since I started my turn around. It doesn't seem like a lot but for a male who was always lean, and having it all sitting on the belly, it was unsightly to say the least.

[DoingTheCaveman]

You sound pretty healthy now - Q - have you noted changes to bp/choleseterol etc with these changes?

I always thought of weight comfort zones in terms of a man's weight ie. hitting an average man's weight < 80 kilos (= v. overweight) then on to 'merde'now I'm the same weight as an overweight man etc...

[AllHeart]

My blood pressure has always been fairly steady even when I was "plump" in the belly but it has dropped probably 10/10 and sits around 70/100 I think. Cholesterol I am completely unsure of. I've never had it measured once in my entire life. You've got me curious now though as to how good or bad it may be.

The weight comfort zones thing may be a double edged sword so be careful with that. I know a few people, men and women, who if they judged their weight against "average" would never be happy and in fact if they did manage to torture themselves down to "average" would be un-healthily skinny.

Weight really should be about what is the ideal for you personally. For me it's probably about 75kg. For a friend of mine, who could stand to lose a bit of weight, it's probably about 100kg to be ripped and lean for him as he's extremely muscled and well built.

[DoingTheCaveman]

AllHeart - You probably would find it useful, and interesting, to keep a check on your cholesterol for future reference. Only this week I was speaking to a friend whose husband had been diagnosed with high cholesterol from an early age, despite being young and fit at the time.