Introduction to why this blog exists.

And so I start yet another blog. But this is the first one I’ve ever created on weight loss. *snore* What a dull blog, I know. Everyone is into weight loss, fitness, trim bodies, blah blah blah these days.

 

The reason I am starting this blog is because I am overweight, borderline obese, not as fit or flexible as I used to be and have a very good chance of getting type two diabetes if I don’t watch out. This isn’t good for me now, definitely not good for my future health and completely the wrong example to be setting my children.

Don’t get me wrong, we don’t live off processed food, take away and junk. Far from it! These days our meals are full of fresh, whole ingredients like vegetables, lean meat, etc. Loads of fresh fruit and our snacks may include cakes and biscuits, but they’re home made from scratch so we know what’s in them.

So why am I so fat? Well, because I was raised in this healthy eating utopia, became a teenager with my own choices and money to spend and went a little nuts and ate all sorts of crap. I then met a man who basically encouraged me to do what I like and, having lived where fast food was limited and moving to where it was in plenty, ate that instead of making my own. I was young, I was working full time, it was convenient and I was…. Well, stupid and lazy!

I piled on the kilos quickly and my health took a nose dive. And so began the struggle with my weight and wanting to go back to healthy. I eventually studied up on the rights and wrongs, by that time I was now a mum and looking out for more than just me, and started to do the right thing and eat the right foods again. Sadly, quantity of foods I was eating then became the issue. Yes I was eating fresh salads and fruits and stir-fries and such daily. But I was also scoffing cakes and biscuits and chocolates and sitting on my bum with barely any exercise. So the weight stayed. And, sadly, what weight I would lose when an active stay at home mum on maternity leave, would pile right back on when stuck once more in a desk job.

But enough is enough! Thanks to redundancy and a lack of work contracts right now, I find myself home all the time and sick of my weight. I’m 36 and have 3 kids to set the example for. And so beings my journey.

My posts will be a mixture of updates to how I'm going, articles I've written on food, exercise and nutrition and the usual rambling blah blah I do in all my blogs. Just know that I am not an expert on any of it, it is all aimed at my own benefit and not saying it's the best way to do it, it's just the way I am doing it.

This blog has been created to help keep me motivated, help keep me on track by knowing it’s out there on the web for anyone to see and criticise. I want to be my correct weight, I want to be fit, flexible and healthy and I plan on doing it before I’m 40. So, can I do it? Watch me try!