And so begins the loss of inches.

I am addicted to the scale. There i said it! I know that the scale is not the best means of measuring weight loss progress but nothing beats the feeling of stepping on it and realizing you have lost a kg or two.

I have read and been told that one of the best way is to have an item of clothing that is currently a few sizes too small and try to fit it at the end of each week. I followed that advice and that is why i have 20 tops that dont fit. I call them "inspirational pieces". None has fit me to date. Maybe im too ambitious. Maybe i should have bought just 2 sizes smaller instead of 4. Anyway i decided to give away some of them so i can buy stuff that actually fit me. Having all those small clothes just made me depressed.

The other way of measuring progress is to use a tape measure. I noticed that every inch corresponded to 2kg loss. Its been consistently so. Now you see why i prefer the scale. Tends to move faster than the tape measure or inspirational pieces.

Anyway, now that i decided to do things differently, i am trying to put less emphasis on the scale and more on the tape measure. After all i think getting slimmer as opposed to lighter.

Ive been taking a tape measure to my tummy for the last week and have lost half an inch. Im very excited. Im tempted to weigh myself to confirm but i dont want to be disappointed. I will wait till next week 3 days after my period. Im looking forward to shedding more inches.

Water retention?

A day after writting the post below i weighed myself again & guess what? I lost 1 kg! Crazy right? I had to use 2 weighing scales to confirm. It obviously was not attributable to anything i was doing although i have been in the process of making some lifestyle changes. Research on the web has led me to believe that it may have been water weight. After all it was only 5 days to my period, now 2. Still, its very suspicious. Anyway i weighed myself again and im still 74 kg. My goal is simply to lose half a kg by the end of this month. The way to do it will be to have at least an hour of cardio daily and to cut out junk food from my diet. Will let you know how that goes.

Back to square one

When i first started this blog i was 72kgs and i was quite frustrated having gained 5 kgs. Today i weigh 75. I dont even know wat to say. I have been exercising and somewhat watching my diet for the last 2 wks but all ive managed to do is gain 2 kg. However i have lost half an inch on my tummy so i dont know how to interpret that. I am hoping its water retention although i dont remember ever suffering from that. Though it is exactly one week to my period. I sure hope its not fat gain cuz water retention i can deal with. Im just gonna make sure that im taking 8 glasses of water, exercising, eating more fibre & al try to get me some vitamin B6, potassium and magnesium. Anyway i will report back in 3 days tell you how it goes. And oh i stopped my salsa classes for atleast a month. I hope to use that time to do some weight lifting/conditioning exercises & maybe skip some rope.

A tale of 8 exercise dvds.

My journey has not been as smooth as i would have liked. In the past week i havent been able to do much exercise as i was unwell. I am not proud of my eating habits either but i am trying to add healthier options to my diet everyday.

Anyway back to my title. I have in the course of one year amassed a total of 8 exercise dvds. They are;
1. Turbo jam
2. Suzanne Cox dance aerobics total body toning
3. Denise Austin boot camp
4. Billy blanks tae bo circuit 1
5. "get ripped
6. Pump it up
7. Billy blanks abs boot camp
8. Pilates dvd
9. Yoga dvd.
Ha! I just realized they are 9. With all these dvds you would expect me to be a very fit person wouldnt you? Trouble is, the dvds dont work themselves and my ass has been too lazy to make use of them.

One day i took out the whole collection and put them in my vcr cuz i realized i didnt even know wat is in half of them. Anyway, i made a promise to go thru all of them in the order listed above. I was to dedicate 3days to each. Well im proud to announce that im on dvd no 2. Im not working out everyday like i wanted to but at least im progressing. I did day one of dvd two yesterday. Today i was too tired to wake up early so day two will probably be tomorrow. Dont worry, i didnt skimp on exercise today. I went for 80mins walk and one hour salsa class. I more than compensated for not working out with suzanne cox & co.

One step forward two steps back

Monday was a very good day for me. I managed a deficit of 500plus. I also had sufficient intake of water and 2hours of cardio including my salsa class. Now yesterday was just something else. My breakfast and lunch were perfect, even went for a 80mins walk before lunch. However things went downhill from there. I got a craving for biscuits, which i indulged plus juice. Then i had some crisps, then tea, bread and some more tea and 2 mandazi. All this made me unable to stomach any supper. Im even afraid to calculate the calories. The positive side of it was the exercise so all wasnt lost. I just have to try harder today.

A million first days

Today is my milionth first day. Ive always been saying that tomorrow i will begin my diet & exercise plan and that tomorrow never arrived till today. My problem for the last 6 years is that i manage to lose some bit of weight but always manage to gain it back. My plan this time is to develop healthy eating habits and incorporate exercise into my lifestyle and see what happens. I feel great about this. Its gonna work.