The last time I updated my blog I talked about the fact that I was starting the USN 12 Week Body & Lifestyle Challenge. Well, that was back in April so you can safely say that the challenge is well and truly over!
Unfortunately I was unsuccessful in transforming my body, to the point that it pretty much looks worse than it did back in April!
See, the problem I have is that, over the past few years, every time I make an effort to lose weight I invariably succeed... for a few weeks, and then either I take my foot off the pedal, or lose heart because the rate of fat loss is so slow, or I find that life is too busy/fun to concentrate seriously on eating and drinking in a restrictive (or even sensible!) manner. Basically I lose focus, and heart, though in which manner I’m not entirely clear on.
I’m now – weight wise – back in the same boat as I was when I started this blog in 2009. Pretty depressing really.
I have to face fact that my methods lack long-term sustainability.
Long term readers will recall that about 6 years ago I finally managed to overcome my eating disorders and now have a lovely healthy relationship with food. Unfortunately I’m having a hard time convincing my body that I’m never going to get unhealthily skinny again, or deprive it of vital food and nutrients. I think that now, every time I start a new ‘diet’, it goes into full-on defence mode, thinking that it’s under attack!
What other reason can there be for the fact that whatever meagre weight I lose I put back on, but with interest... e.g. I lose 4lbs, but gain 6. When I think about how much weight I’ve lost and regained over the past 10 years I’m sure it’s several small peoples’ worth
In terms of losing weight - restricting your calories works, eating very low carb works, intermittent fasting works, exercising like a demon works. All those methods *work* but what they don’t take into account is the fact that my poor metabolically damaged body does *not* like to release any of its fat.
On Monday this week, Joe and I embarked on a new challenge
last big breakfast:
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