Happy New Year to you all!
It’s January and it’s cold! Despite this, I have gotten the bike out a few times this year already and there were a few times just before Christmas too.
The main reason for this is that I have piled on the weight again, sadly. My back seemed to take it badly when the weather changed to cold back in October/November. I have also identified a rather vicious circle that accompanies such a change – when my back gets back, it gets really bad! Like, can’t-stand-up-for-very-long bad! This then leads to me not wanting to put any effort in to making myself food, quite simply because standing in the kitchen to make it is agony. The upshot of this is that I ended up ordering far more in the way of takeaways and the rest of the time was crap like sandwiches that only take a moment to make.
All of this led to a marked increase in my weight. Add on to that the usual Christmas weight gain… oh, I didn’t go anywhere or do anything… I just found myself comfort eating all the lovely things the supermarket were shoving into our faces, like mince pies and boxes of Quality Street.
I feared the scales and didn’t brave them until a few days ago when I was 19st 7½ lbs.
The bike has been out. Salad, vegetables and fruit have replaced the sandwiches and takeaways. I have started to lose weight again already.
A lot of us go through this period in January which is a mixture of new hope, self-loathing, determination and, ultimately, pain in order to reset what we have done with our indulgences.
My back is still bad (it’s still cold!) and most days I can cycle, but not walk very far. Sleep still eludes me most of the time, but I have been binge-watching box sets, so that’s something.
Today’s weigh-in was 19st 3½ lbs. My goal for January is to get down to 18st 7lbs.
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