About three months ago, I was informed that my position of employ was made redundant. This was a significant mental, emotional and financial hurdle. I am an intelligent and ambitious individual; with a sprinkling of false bravado that resides behind a confident and charismatic veneer.
It is fundamentally difficult for me to exercise self control and positive self talk, especially when it comes to food.
As a result, the stressors of recent life have led to poor nutritional choices and indulgence in a vast reserve of empty, unhealthy caloric intake by way of alcohol, KFC, and ham and provolone toasted sandwhiches.
This ceases today. The last time I stepped on the scales, I was at 95 kg. About twenty minutes ago, I weighed in at 105. There's been no additional muscle mass in that weight; I haven't touched weights in about 4 months.
It's all diet. Exercise and maintaining high levels of activity certainly help, but I must clean up my diet and at the same time increase my physical activity levels to beyond what they were prior to falling off the wagon.
Diet wise, I'm making the following commitments:
- No more alcohol
- Limiting red meat to once a week
- No chocolate
- No milk
- Less Apple Juice (a massive weakness of mine!)
- Keeping a dairy of everything I shove in my mouth.
Writing it down makes it feel real. You don't need a special ocassion, new year or anything else to make changes in your life. You need willpower.
I need willpower, which is why I'm making this post; to have each and every one of you hold me accountable.
I'm giving myself six months to lose 20kg. I think that's a reasonable but ambitious goal. I'll be working out what that looks like from a macro nutrient point of view in a future post within 24 hours of this one.
Please hold me accountable guys!