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zonk  ·  3605 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The 2015 Goals Weekly Morale Menagerie - Fortnightly Check-in (15th Jan)

I didn't sign up for it initially, but it just popped up in my feed and I decided to join in :)

Generally, I don't like those cliché resolutions, but this year is my wedding and in the second half of last year my doctor urged me to do something, so I manned up and signed up in a gym and drastically changed my diet!

The only moving I did last year was moving between my car and seats, but nothing else. Hunger was an unknown feeling for me, there was just a "stomach not at maximum capacity", which was a sign for me to eat more and/or again.

But so far I've been going 2-3 times a week, doing a course for my back (and he's thanking me, I already notice improvements) and just general workout to lose some pounds. And there's also the return of the rumbling stomach! Somehow it's weird but at the same time interesting, when you have to train yourself and change your eating habits from "eat when you're not full" to "eat when you're really hungry". I probably halfed my calorie intake without feeling weaker/worse or feeling like I have a solution now that's not sustainable.

My general wish list is endless (travel more, learn piano, read more, ...), but for this year I decided that my health comes first above all the other goals, and the wedding is just another motivating factor, since I have to look at the pictures for the rest of my life...

Let's see how I'll keep it up.





rezzeJ  ·  3604 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's great, good to have you on board. It's been the opposite for me over the last couple of years where I've had to train myself not to wait until the 'really hungry' stage to eat. It was causing me to lose weight and I was only just about had enough as it was. So, in a kflip-side kind of way, I sympathise with your goals and effort. Like everything, it's a balance I guess. Keep it up!