Trying To Get Fit. Seriously.

I used to weigh just right, before I gave birth I was never worried about my weight, about plus size wear, about diets etc. Then, when I got pregnant I just ballooned. I wasn’t worried coz I thought I’ll just lose it after I gave birth.

After Chinks was born, a year after we came to Phnom Penh and for  months we didn’t have any helper so I had to do everything. It was definitely a way for me to lose weight. I still ate a lot, but the added exercise of doing a housework which I wasn’t accustomed to plus the stress of being in a foreign place just made it easy. No need for quick weight loss diet to get the weight I wanted.

Then we went back to the Philippines, and a couple of months after I started my fashion accessory business. This required lots of time with me sitting down. I fell into a very sedentary lifestyle, plus we lived almost right next to a mall and eating out was almost like an everyday thing. Before I knew it I was heavier than my after-birth weight.

I did try to lose weight but mostly with half-hearted efforts. I even bought a stationary bike and I only used it for a month and it went to the stock room. It’s only now that I’m really seriously getting into achieving a healthy weight. I’ve decided I want to lose weight not in a fast way, but more in a steady, balanced way.

First, I’ve decided to change my eating habits. It’s been almost month now and I have already adjusted to eating more vegetables and fruits. No junk food, if I want some sweets, I indulge once or twice a week (but I set some penalties for myself). Dinner for me for the past two weeks has already been settled to just a vegetable salad. I used to be hungry a couple of hours after but I just drank lots of fluids and ate low fat crackers if I can’t bear it. Now, I think my tummy has fully adjusted already to just having a very light dinner.

I’ve done lots of reading also about what exercise I should be doing and for a week already, I’ve been doing intense cardio exercises, jumping rope several times a day and doing some walking exercises. I find that I’m more comfortable and can be more consistent if I divide the time I exercise into several sessions a day. Like I jump rope for 15 minutes in the morning, then another 10-15 min session in the afternoon. Early evenings I do moderate walking exercises for at least 15-30 minutes. I’ve also started some toning and light weights lifting exercises.

As of now, there are no visible signs of weight loss yet, but I feel really good. Not sluggish, and I’ve noticed I have a lot more energy. I’m not in a hurry though, I expect to achieve my target weight by the end of the year. This time, I want to make sure I do it slowly but surely and of course, consistently.

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