New strategy

Partly inspired by Harapan and how I did not exercise there and still lost so much weight through not over eating, I have decided this is the new strategy.

I know for a fact now that I can just start running - for anything up to 10 km without stopping without any training. If you have been running since you are 15 regularly there are things that happen to your body. For a start you know how to breathe. Your body goes, yeah I got this. Then you know how to pace yourself. Pacing is everything. You know how to pace yourself running with other people, up hills, down hills. Also your muscles are ready for this. Start some kind of endurance sport in your teens, late teens, and keep going through your 20s and 30s. And for the rest of your life, you will be ok. Also at the age of 50 running is therapy and toning, not weight loss.

Also running does not help you lose weight. It helps you to stay tone and also to keep your mind clear. But it can be counterproductive apparently to weight loss which could explain why so many people who were running at the marathon were like me. 

So, having taken a photo of myself after week one and done mostly a fast which lasts at least 12 hours, if not 18 or 19 hours with a 3 hour window to eat and not eating v much then - well a normalish meal, slightly larger than a single serving, I have noticeably lost weight. The fast began about 3 weeks ago, but I have been taking photos only since last Wednesday. And it is pretty awesome.

i am still fat, there is no doubt, but the amount of fatness has been one third off. I mean truth be told, it has gone down by half since last week. In another week it will probably be half and I will lose weight more slowly but will be getting closer and closer to the weight I am supposed to be. The weird thing is that I do not feel hungry. I guess I am now in a mode where the body is just drawing from its stores. In a month which is the start of June I will be well on my way to the weight I need to be. And want to be. and after that it will be just one more month to the start of July. 

I move about a crazy amount daily - between school and everything else. So I'll just keep that up. 

Not eating for 12+ hours just keeps things simple because you are not fixing on the new meal.

So I am fasting 20/4 now. I have never been someone to do things by halves. But I am astonished at it falling off. And it does make the most sense. Human beings are only supposed to eat once a day really. 3 meals is a phallacy. We are lucky to have eaten three times a week. 

It also makes it easier to cut down the drinking. Which let's be honest is right now my biggest intake which is not saying v much since I am now down to one largish meal a deal.

Also I don't really feel like eating - as in I don't feel very hungry. It is weird. 

It will be nice to see what happens in a week's time. I will take a picture on Sunday just to see where we are and then next week I'll take another picture and and erase the mid-week photo. Right loads to do here...

I know for a fact that it sounds like I am obsessed about my weight. I am not obsessed I am concerned. I am larger than I have ever been in years. And I need to get a hold of it before it gets out of hand or I will end up being completely unfit.

Also menopause somehow makes you burn fewer calories - I think not having to prepare to make a new baby may have something to do with it. But it does not matter really. Right... time to do a few things and head out.