I had decided that the weight gain was due to being on the pill and although I knew I was eating too much, it never stopped me from doing so. I have always been overweight, even at a young age I weighed more than my friends. I watched countless feel good shows such as Gok Wan's How To Look Good Naked, and other programs telling me that this was who I was and I just have to accept it and learn to love it. I did accept it for a short time but I knew deep down that I really was not happy. Episodes of feeling low due to my weight led me to comfort eating, I'd also eat what my boyfriend eats - he is skinny and can eat junk all the time...grumble. I saw some pictures of myself back in Summer 2010 and I knew I had to do something about it.
It all started when I went to Teesside uni, I bought biscuts and left them on my desk and inevitably much my way through them all. I was a very unsavvy vegetarian and lived on egg fried rice and 9p noodles. Oh yes.. and alcohol...lots of it. I was only there for 3 months (Sept 09 - Nov 09) but I still continued ot pile on the pounds.
I started York uni in October 2010 and after seeing the pictures from that Easter, being top end of 12 stone and 'Obese' I knew I had to do something about my weight. So December that yearI started the Couch to 5k. THE best thing I have ever done. I was determind to do it, my Sister was running half marathons and I wanted to be a runner too. So I bought the gear and set off on my journey. By April 2011 I had lost some weight and I felt thinner, again I was still trying to accept that this was me and I had to live with it. WRONG.
I continued to run longer distances and the weight began to slowly come off. The boy made me a calorie counting app on my phone, so I started to restrict my calories to 1800 and it worked and it was easy! (By this point I was eating meat again). July 2011 I ran my first 10k. There was a lot of walking but I did it. Then in Aug 2011 I ran the Jane Tomlinson 10k and jogged the whole way round, I was so pleased! I was still losing weight but still 'overweight'. I hadn't been the normal weight since my early teens and even then it was only for a few weeks when I dieted. Feb 2012 ran my first half marathon (very much not trained for!) and now I am 9st 10lb, 'normal' weight range for my height. I am so happy and it is taking me a while to realise that I am no where near as big as I was. Even though at times I still feel that way. My goal when I was overweight was to get to 9st 7lb mainly because I had never really seen that weight on the scales! Now I'd like to get to around 8st 10lb-9st as this would put my BMI at around 21-22, a nice healthy number.
So really how have I done this:
- Slowly. Some weight gains but mainly losses.
- Still eating chocolate, pizza, bread, takeaways but less of it
- Counting calories, it's not as complicated as it sounds.
- Increasing running and other exersize.
- Became veggi again in 2012 and having less dairy
- Trying to tell the difference between thirst and hunger and bordum and hunger (hard work)
- Drinking more water during the day
- Remain postive, even in the tough times, reading blogs really helps me.
Coming soon: Timeline in pictures
This morning up and out for a 6 mile run, it has been a while since I completed that distance but it felt goood :) Came back and had a glass of Milo and Almond milk and some brazil nuts.
Later rewarded with a Starbucks Skinny Chia Tea Latte. NOM.
Small note: trying almond milk for the first time, it is soo tasty! Only 48kcal for 200ml!
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