Fit me – post 1

My Mii

Two years ago, I came to the realisation that I was overweight, not by alot, but enough that I could feel it.  Having been athletic earlier in my life, the decade of sloth and indulgence had caught up to me.  With a new-found love of the Wii, I challenged myself to lose 20lbs as long as it took.  14 weeks later, I’d lost 18 and was satisfied.  Then I gave up.

Fast forward to 2012, I find myself in nearly the same situation as where I started in 2010.  Today, I weighed in at 83.5kg (184lbs), my highest ever. I feel heavy. I feel things jiggle.  I feel sluggish. I look ok head-on, but in profile, like I’m turning into my Grampa as I knew him–a great and fair man, but definitely short and plump. I don’t like how my clothes fit on me (they don’t). I don’t feel young anymore or like the picture of me I have in my head.

This must change and it will.  I plan to diet and exercise as I did two years ago.  I plan to hold myself accountable by blogging each week with results.

Wii Me: Revisited

Hello interested Wii Me Challenge followers!  It’s been a hearty four weeks since I ended my 10-week Wii Me Challenge.  With that end came the end of strictly watching my diet, exercising and those fear-inspiring weigh-ins.  I felt at that time that I’d reached my goal weight closely enough and had changed my eating habits for long enough that it was no longer necesssary to hold myself accountable to a weekly blog post.  It was a question of maintenance from that point on.  Well, four weeks later, I thought I’d post an update on how things have been since the last time.

I have to admit, not being held accountable by a blog post did take off some pressure to exercise daily.  In fact, I did get rather lazy that way.  My workouts decreased in a couple cases to just a mere once per week.  With nutrition, I let myself splurge with a hamburger meal each weekend and a full bacon-eggs-sausage breakfast too.  I’m trying to adopt the idea that I can be strict with my diet on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, a little less strict on Tuesdays and Thursdays and then relax on the weekends.

I’ve continued taking the CLA supplement that I mentioned way back in Week 7 and I’m sure it’s been working.  I continue to try and increase my daily intake of water (–that is bloody hard, I must admit, because I just don’t care for it unless it’s really hot outside, it’s ice-cold and from a water fountain–).

So, has the weight stayed off?  Have I been able to maintain the body shape I worked hard to attain?  I’m happy to report that the answers to these questions is YES.

THE RESULTS

WEEK	DATE	BMI	WEIGHT (KG/LBS)
Start date	Jan 2	26.73	82.8 / 182.54
Week 10	Mar 15	24.27	74.84 / 165.00
Week 14	April 10	24.05	74.5 / 164.30
Overall gain/loss	14 WEEKS	-2.46	-8.3 / -18.24

So there you have it.  Once you get to the maintaining stage, you don’t have to work as hard or be as strict with your eating habits as you did to initially get the weight off.  If you’re up to a similar process, please let me know how you’re doing.

Wii Me: Week 10

My Mii

Here it is: week 10 of my Wii Me Challenge is complete!  And this will be my final Wii Me post.  :sob, sob:  It’s been a great run, but I feel like the journey has made it to its natural end.  I’m not at the original goal weight, but I’m realizing that that is not the real goal.  I feel healthy, toned and slim.  Those are the real goals, despite the number.  My Wii character even became slimmer!

For everyone out there who thinks they’d like to shed a pound or ten, you can do it!  I did it in 10 weeks simply through the Wii and better eating.  A very good luck to you all!

THE RESULTS

WEEK	DATE	BMI	WEIGHT (KG/LBS)
Start date	Jan 2	26.73	82.8 / 182.54
Week 10	Mar 15	24.27	74.84 / 165.00
Overall gain/loss	10 WEEKS	-2.46	-7.96 / -17.54