smescrater

It finally happened. According to my fitbit scales I am now 50% body fat. I am currently lugging an extra person around in terms of body fat. I don’t think this is very healthy, and I can understand why my joints have been aching so much.

No blame or shame here. It is what it is, I refuse to beat myself up for comfort eating whilst I’ve been depressed. However now I can see the sunlight again, I think it’s time to do something about it. However I am NOT going to crash diet or set unreasonable goals. Ultimately I’d like to have a 40 inch waist again, and be a lot less than 50% body fat. Equally I’m not going to join a gym or embark on an exercise plan that will shatter my joints and make me suffer.

My plan is simple, I’ve gone through the recipes in the hairy dieters book (yes I did buy it, WH Smith had it on offer), and I’m planning to track calories. I am eager for this not to become an obsession or a stick to hit myself with. I still plan to have meals out, and cake will feature in my life. I’m also going to be sensible and track my calorie intake.

I’m just wondering who of my geeky friends might also be in? We had flabwars a while back, but that was trying to gamily health and weight loss. Something myfitnesspal and fitocracy have done a far better job of that than I could. Flabwars also ended for me with a crushing defeat in my first week of weight loss and the realisation that competition was not the way to go. What I’d want to do for flabwars 2.0 is have a spirit of co-operation. Just a few geeks using technology to track things and encourage each other to achieve whatever sensible goals they fancy. It can also be a way to share recipes and thoughts on things. This time it wouldn’t be a competition but co-operation to make small changes leading to much bigger health benefits. What it really isn’t is a way to increase shame or obsessive behaviour.

Regardless if anyone else is up for it, I shall be cutting back the calories and upping my step count a little more. I am vain and I’d like to fit into my nice clothes once more, I’m just not going to bear myself up to do it. Whilst I work out a meal and action plan, I shall be using fitbit and myfitnesspal to log activity and calories and see where I’m up to there. I’m smescrater on both, so do feel free to send me a friend request.

I’m posting here as a public commitment to making a change and as a gentle testing of the waters to see who else is interested in joining me.

Mirrored from Never a dull moment. Please leave comments there thank you!