Day 19 – Momentum And Why It’s Important To Continue With This
| Calories in | Calories out | Deficit |
|---|---|---|
| 3,190 | 4,295 | 1,105 |
Yesterday I ran to Vilamoura for ice cream. I had pistachio mixed with Nutella. Planned on running back but I got a taxi instead. Bad idea. My taxi ran up to 15 euros within 2 miles so I asked the driver to leave me off at the petrol station and I walked the rest of the distance home.
It was a nice walk. The sun was just setting and I was at peace with myself. I bought 2 packets of Sugus at the garage and threw one of them in the bin to ensure I stayed on track for a deficit.
Been throwing away a lot of my compulsive food buys recently. I wrestle with the guilt of wasting food but at the same time it’s better out than in.
The next step is to stop buying so much of it or to wait for Stephen Hawking to invent a wormhole that allows Westerners to send unwanted food to Africa in an instant.
I surprised myself with a second run later in the evening. It pushed my deficit to over 1,000 calories for the day and it means that the momentum I’ve built with my fitness continues to grow.
Momentum and why it’s important.
The point of losing weight is to make running easier for me. In an ideal world I’d love to be at a level of fitness where I can jog slowly in a suit and not sweat at all.
When running is easier, I run more. That makes securing a calorific deficit easier. Which makes losing even more weight easier. I’m praying that from now on I can finally stay in control of my weight. I’ve spent maybe a month of my adult life with a normal BMI.
Momentum always feels like it’s going to stay with you but that’s rarely the case unless you fight for it. It’s only until you lose it that you realise how precious it is. It’s easier for me to keep going with this than it is to celebrate, splurge and then try to find my way back into a diet a year down the line.
Just like it’s easier to stay off the booze. Once I start drinking again then I’ll be back into that self destructive cycle of drinking too much, trying to cut back, not being able to do it successfully and then finally trying to quit again.
I’m already where I want to be. Why should I go back?
I’m now 85 kg dead which is 13.38 stone. I’m 48, 49 this march.
last time I was anywhere near 13 stone was when i was like 15-16 ish.
my average weight for years was 15 and a half stone, going up to 16 whereby I’d diet a little to get back down to 15 and a half.
I literally used to do zero exercise and kid myself I was ok and fit… Last year I realized that I was actually kidding myself and started the run walking to now being able to run non stop for 16k
i calorie count on my moby with the fat secret app, its not brill but it allows me to keep tabs on my calorie intake as I want to get down t to say 13 stone with no jiggly belly pork (still got a tiny bit to get rid of) I love da food cant deny it, sweeties, crisps. chocolate…
hard work watching your weight, calories etc… but worth it in the end when you look back at how far you’ve come. Try not to be to hard on yourself if you mess it up sometimes though, we all do it, to err is human as they say. Your doing well matt, you should be proud of yourself, hell we spend loads of time being pissed off with ourselves when we fail, nothing wrong with being pleased and proud when we achieve something worthwhile.
Hi – I’m just wondering if the chart you posted is actually what you ate that day, and typically eat? Have you thought about paying attention to nutrition? Cutting out junk has made a big difference to me, physically and emotionally, and motivationally. I recommend exploring it before you dismiss it outright..
one step at a time lad
hey heres a bit more inspiration if you need it
https://blog.runkeeper.com/927/brian-losing-365-pounds-getting-my-life-back/