20 January 2009

Weighing in at...

Yup, I'm trying to lose weight. I don't think I've actually tried to slim before. It's always been under the guise of 'fitness' or just running or something like that. But this time it's really all about the weight.

I was going to do it in grandiose, web-enabled, iPhone motivated style, and parts of that I'm still going to do - I'm twittering my food and exercise on SnakeNuts_weigh* and I'm still working on that Facebook app. But I was also going to 'reward' myself with an iPhone at the end of an arbitrary 20-week period. But... no... let's not.

I'm getting more and more convinced that what I really need is a good old change of habits. Eat less, be more aware of what you eat, move a bit more and do it with such a conviction that after a while it becomes second nature. Granted, I'm still a foodie, so I'll probably want to make the odd grand feast, but if my mind then juxtaposes a bit more exercise to balance that, that would be ideal.

So, without too much fanfare and pomp, here's my announcement:

I'm trying to lose 40lbs, 3 stone or 18 kgs (choose which you prefer) in the next 20 weeks. Let's see how far I get shall we?

Oh, one problem though: both our weighing-tools (the Wii-fit and the scales) are buried in some boxes somewhere. I'll have to 'fly blind' for a while.
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* Don't feel in in ANY way that you have to follow this twit by the way. It's probably the most boring one out there. Don't say I haven't warned you if you do.

2 comments:

Tjeerd said...

11 weeks have passed... You should be 9 k lighter... Are you...? :-)

Alex said...

Eh... No.

I think I'm a few pounds lighter, but without scales or the Wii fit (both are still buried in a box somewhere) I don't know.

I've only recently (the last week) started using the exercise bike, and I've started eating less during lunchtime, but I can't say I've been very good at other times.

I'm still determined to lose weight, but how, I'm not so sure of...