Sarahs Weightloss Blog

Hi Everyone,

I’ve been trying for over a month now to find a ‘good day’ example! I suppose there is just no ‘perfect’ anything, including a perfect eating day.  I suppose what’s important is just getting everything OK most more of the time.

Now I’ve decided, after a year of work, to take off the training wheels and see if I can keep my weight stable with the new healthy eating routine I’ve learned, without writing down every morsel of food which crosses my lips.  I though this was really risky and I felt nervous eating using common sense without typing in everything into the shapeup app, but actually its been two weeks and I have lost another 1/2 inch off my waist and am now down to 69.2kgs.  My weight has fluctuated more than usual – around the 68 – 69kg mark, but waist measurement still went down.  I’ve been abroad and been real busy at school with writing reports and doing research and so have not been able to weigh myself on the same scales each time, which I think makes a difference.

Anyway, lately I have been STRESSED as anything – so much to do, not enough hours in the day, everything hanging in the balance.  It stops me from being hungry at all – not as good as it sounds as it also makes me more tired and less like exercising.  However I find exercise so important when I am stressed, it makes you feel happier I find, no matter how bad everything is and perks you up afterward and makes you hungry so you don’t skip meals.  The trouble is finding time to do it.  I haven’t been doing to badly – going to the gym in the evening as a reward for doing a good days work (I know I am such a gym addict ).

I’ve also definitely decided that I am doing the robin hood marathon this September – 13.1 miles.  A trainer at the gym has given me a training program to follow.  I’ll keep you updated on what it involves and how I’m getting on in the following months.  Basically he told me to start running 3 times a week, in the first week at my baseline, which is 5 miles for 3 jogs the first week. Then I need to  increase by 1 mile in distance the following week for 3 runs and another mile the following week to 7 for 3 runs, then back down to 5 miles for 3 runs the following week.  Then the next month I start at 6 miles for the 1st week, 7 for the second, 8 for the 3rd, then back to 6.  Then start at 7 the next month and so on, until I reach 13 miles before the race.

He told me something interesting I didn’t know – running doesn’t make you fitter, recovery does.  You have to stop training to get fitter and feel the benefits of training.  Common sense really, but I my instinct is always to train train train if I want to reach a goal.

Till next time