Starting out... I am not sure really where to start. I have never blogged before. I am hoping this will be my diary while I am working on becoming healthy and fit. The weight gradually crept up on me over the last 12-13 years. I have been a healthy child and teenager, eating right and being active. But over time, my life has become more stressful, my eating habits worsened, my physical activity diminished.
I find myself today overweight by about 50 lbs (23 kg), in danger of high blood pressure, hormonal imbalance (this is the stuff I am aware of anyway). My doctor has offered to put me on medication in order to lose weight. I refused, I want to try and do this on my own. She said I have to see her in 3 months, and if I have lost 10 lbs (4.5 kg) by then, she will not insist on medication.
Since my appointment with her, I have read a lot of useful information on-line and also decided to join myfitnesspal.com to help me do this. After you input your weight, height, age, etc, the program spits out your weight loss guidelines. I am set for losing 1 lbs/week. In order to do this, I need to eat no more than 1,600 calories each day and burn 900/week in exercise.
So far so good. After my first week, I actually lost 2 lbs (0.9 kg)! I am ecstatic. I hope I can keep this up. I know I will not lose as much weight every week, so I really need to keep up with this long term.
During my first week I have done my best to stay within the daily calories and eat healthier food. I have started walking for exercise and also using the treadmill.
I am considering joining a gym so I can start swimming and taking advantage of classes they offer.
Once I reach my target weight, I am going to publish this blog as a book (on blurb.com; so I can keep it as my diary).