Oh dear, I have been a lax bunny, failing to write any blog here. Nothing much has changed, really. I quit the gym after months of sweating away revealed I'd lost no weight at all. Clearly this is not the way forward.
No, don't give me that. I went every week and gave it a thoroughly good work out, but it just didn't offset the lardy layer. The stress of work is still the major contributor, and until I stop doing that, I don't think the weight will come off.
There was an article in the TES last week about fat being a teaching issue. How well I know! I could have written that. Poor, stressed teachers are turning to comfort food to try and get them through the day. Well, maybe it's not quite like that. I always end up reaching for the quick, sugary or fattening because I am so tired I don't know what to do with myself and I still have another 3 hours of meetings/ marking / parent's evenings to get through. Others reach for the beer as a de-stresser at the end of the day. Either way, teaching is not a good lifestyle choice. It sucks.
Max, my health advisor has been great. He's given me a weekly food group recorded to tally up how many times I put different foods in my mouth. It is quite interesting to see the demographic. I don't eat nearly as much fruit and veg as I thought I did. I substitute cheese for protein, meaning I eat too much 'dairy', and I eat way too much 'bad' food.
Trouble is, I have no self will. Ask me if I fancy a bit of cake and I'm going to say 'yes'. People who answer that question with 'ooh, no, I just had a carrot stick' frankly baffle me. Still, it is interesting that since I've been tallying it up, I've made a couple of positive choices about having an apple or something, rather than a flapjack. I can't say it happens often, but it has happened, so maybe there is hope for the future??
Besides, last time I got on the scales, Max smiled encouragingly and said "You've lost 100g".
Woppy doo!
In six weeks.
Best go and have a lie down.
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Trouble is (and I may blog on this later) that I'm crap at counting calories. I get bored. I can do it for a day, or maybe half a day, then something more interesting happens and I lose track. The tally system seems to be simple enough that I've managed to do it for nearly a month. Not that I've lost much weight, granted. But it's a start.
ReplyDeleteI have to point out that this is not a new problem for me. It is something I have tried womanfully to deal with for years.
Skipping food for the rest of the day invites violence, I'm afraid. :)