lexybonbons

I have had a desire to write a post in here for a while but had nothing to write about. Therefore I have decided to share my weight loss journey with you guys. Between August and December 2010 I managed to loose 10 kg's which feels like a milestone for me. I know that there are many people out there that are struggling with loosing those extra kg's and constantly think about their weight. I wanna tell my story, what mind set I was in and what I did to accomplish it. Now I am still around 10 kg's away from my goal but halfway is better than square one.

I have for years, as long as I can remember been trying to loose weight, trying to let the healthy me out. I have been going up and down, quitting, starting over, trying new things. I have tried alot of ways of doing this but have always had the issue of keeping it up and turning it into a lifestyle.

Last time I was in Sweden, December -09 til August -10, I tried to eat less, go for walks, exercise bike, then gym, then 2 hours of gym each day and no more than 500 calories of food intake. It did work but with no great results and I ended up not keeping it up. All the things that I restrain myself from I end up doing, it doesn't matter what ban I am on I end up breaking the rules that I set up for myself.

This brings us to August, I returned to Australia and went back to uni. The first month I was eating 3 times a day and walking quite a bit around and to uni. Maybe around an hour of walking all together which isn't much at all. Luckily for me I moved houses and lived with Steve who's place was located close to the beach, I had an opportunity to walk on the beach and up a massive hill that led to his house. This was near the end of August and this is also when I started noticing body changes.

Then I found a place of my own to move into, in Mermaid Waters, which also is close to the beach. One morning Jenna, my roommate, suggested a morning beach walk, I gladly accepted. I have been dying to find someone who would exercise with me. These walks turned into a routine, every morning we woke up 5am and went for an hour and a half walk, along the beach to Burleigh Heads. Now the way we were able to keep this up was the fact that we were in it together and also the mind set we were in. Jenna and I saw these walks as the only chance to be calm, enjoy the nature, take a while to relax and forget about all of the stress. Therefore the walks were not fast at all, powerwalking was banned. We listened to our bodies. The serenity made the walks attractive. Seeing the sun go up, the waves breaking. We got inspired by the people along the beach, out walking, biking, rowing, swimming and doing all sorts of activities at those early hours.

Jenna and I joined the gym as well, where we went couple of times a week, sometimes more, sometimes less, did weights most of the time. We joined boxing classes, Zumba. Pretty much kept it diverse, challenging and fun. I was only member there for a month.

In November I started working as a bartender and I guess apart from our walks, this was my exercise as well, on my feet all nights during the weekends. My last week in Aus I worked 7 days in a row, long nights and slept pretty much through whole days and I was really sick. My eating wasn't the best, mostly toasties or tuna bakes. So this is pretty much all the exercise those 4 months.

When it comes to food, I didn't eat much meat, no read meat, not because I hate it, but it just happened and most of my food consisted of veggies, fish and chicken. I always made sure that I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner. Great way to keep yourself away from overeating. I made my own lunch to uni. Ofcourse I didn't keep up this daily and had many days of one meal.

Another important thing for me was to eat whatever my body was craving, I did not restrain myself from anything and if I felt like eating a shitload of chocolate then so I did. Same with junk food. Surprisingly I still kept on loosing weight. It is important to realise that your weight loss is going to take a long time or the time that your body needs, it is not about people noticing the differences, you are not going to reach your goal within days. Let it take time. Think long term rather than short term and make the healthy habits or exercise into your lifestyle. My motto is that exercise is all, that's what works for my body.

I also think that many people loose weight for all the wrong reasons. You have to do it because of you and not someone else, it's not about what people think of you but what you think of yourself. Why do you want to loose weight? That is the question to ask and the moment you do it for the right reasons, the moment you realise that it will take time and the moment you will stop stressing about the kg's on the scale you will change your life.

The hardest bit of loosing weight is working with your mind. The right mind set will take you far! Good luck!