2021 weight gain and no followers - Lets start a January weight loss course

Since covid hit the world, well March 2020 for the UK, I have missed my routine of swimming, Pilates and Yoga. I tried YouTube Yoga for a while but it wasn't the same. With lock-down I am reduced to local walks but with working from home and home schooling, finding the time to exercise has been tricky and if I am honest has fallen by the way side. 

At one point last year (2020) covid lock-down had me at home too scared to leave the house. I ate badly and hid under a duvet some days. Christmas was sad and boring, I put on a stone in weight (6.35kg). At 21st 9.5lbs (139 kg that's 306.6lbs) I started to attend a 10 week weight loss course and I am gradually getting back to things.

I am controlling portion sizes with a portion plate: 

That's working well and I actually realise that I have been eating 3 meals at every meal. You can see the difference between this plate and my old dinner plate! Now I use this plate as a guide and measure the carbs separately as the gastric band plate doesn't have those on it. I certainly haven't cut out carbs. I've actually increased some foods - broccoli, nuts, veg and fruit generally.

Being mindful of hunger levels is something that they talk about on the weight loss course so I am trying to be careful not to get too hungry - which hasn't actually happened. I have been using a Paul McKenna - 'I can make you thin' hypnosis track every night for the last 3 weeks - and - I think it is working. 

Looking over my notes from the mindset and motivation course I have also realised that most of this was all under my nose the whole time. As I am now mid-40s it is even more important to lose this weight. My Fitbit is on and the goal is set at 14 stone which leaves another 6 stone and 13lbs to lose! I don't even know if this is possible? How can we establish exercise as part of this covid working when I am spending most of the day 'chained' to a laptop. This is such a contrast to a 'normal' working day for me and it has certainly taken some time to adjust to. The impact of next to no exercise has definitely had an effect on my weight gain. On these lockdown, chained to a laptop work days I am averaging 2000 - 3000 steps a day.

I am on week 5 of the weight loss course - since January I have lost 10.5 lbs. So something is working......     

The focus is activity this week so my Fitbit will come into its own for weekly stats. My daily goal is and has always been 10,000 steps. Today I have worked out a seafront walk is approximately 7000 steps and if I add on a park walk too - I am up to 15.000 steps. At the time of writing I am on 16,076 steps today, which my Fitbit is telling me is 7.12 miles walked today. When you focus on something it really does help.

Onward and upwards - oh and I must remember to get me some followers on this blog! 

Come on, some of my previous posts had 234 views.

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