So i made a pledge to myself to start loosing weight "the easy way". what i mean by that is not attempting everything at once. Dont go full throttle into dieting and excersise right away in order to loose X Kilos in X time.
Because of this i ma not weighing myself or keeping track of my proigress. rather i am making little steps every so often in order to change on a fundamental level how i behave with regards to loosing weight. adding another step when the last one no longer seems like an issue anymore. This is long term weight loss no quick simple fix so keeping track would just make me disheartened knoing that very little is changing in the short term.
The first step i took was no more takeaways (i'm now once a week with if with friends rather than twice a week) this has now become no longer an issue of wanting and i'm in the routine to cook again.
The next step was portion size controll. No longer do i have a massive meal every day for lunch and dinner. now i only have a sandwich for lunch and i don't eat everything i cook learning to save things for future meals.
the next step was cut down on soft drinks. this took me ages to achive i used to drink about a litre of energy drinks and 2 litres of cola a day. I changed this out for water and healthier drinks but i couldn't get over the fact i was always thirsty. turned out when i stopped smoking the need to drink was lessened extensively and now although my intake of drinks is still high its much much lower than what it was to the point that its probably only 1 litre a day now.
The next step was snacks and junk foods. i used to skack a lot. now i dont miss it that much. I never snack during a weekday and its accidently crept into my weekend without me noticing. Altho i still allow myself whatever i want on a Saturday.
The last step was excersisea little. This was a tough one and i'm not fully adjusted to it yet but i now go for an hours bike ride every Saturday morning. it still feels a little hard but i know if i keep it up the routine element will take over soon.
this may not seem like much (and during the quitting smoking i put on weight rather than loose it, hence the snacks became the next issue) and it has taken me six months to get this far but each of these things is better for me and progresses weight loss as a goal. its just what most people do in a few days has taken me a year, but i now have the benefit that these habbits are seccond nature to me.
However i'm currently out of ideas for the step after the bike ride. i would rather it not be exercise related (or if it is something very minor) as i'm finding going for the ride difficult at the moment would rather not tip the scales overboard and feel like i'm being pushed too much in the excersise route. anything else i could try aand do? and is this plan even worth continuing? is it a useless idea in the first place and should i go back to more traditional routes of making a snap change?
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