eat healthier & exercise more

...starts with a single step. I think that’s how it goes. A good friend reminded me of that yesterday. Over the last couple of months I have managed to steadily lose 37 pounds, which in itself I am really pleased with, but I still have a long way to go. So yesterday I found myself, with the help of said friend, taking the tour at a local gym. I was nervous, I expected to feel lost and out of place. But I didn’t. The woman who showed us around was fantastic. She was very reassuring and completely understanding of all of my fears and uncertainties. Within minutes she put me at ease and reinforced the feeling that this will be a good thing. No. It will be great. I know there are other ‘big girls’ like me who would love to be able to take the first step that I have just taken, and all I can say to them is fight the fear and go for it. I’m already glad that I have!

I kinda started this one a few weeks ago and happily I have managed to lose 25 pounds so far. I have a long way to go yet but I’m really pleased, as this is the first time I’ve actively set out to lose weight. I’ve said that I’m going to before, but just not really bothered, but this time it feels like I don’t have a choice – it will happen. I have taken a really hard look at what I eat and realised that between what I eat (mostly) and portion sizes (a little) it was all just completely wrong. For a reasonably intelligent person, I simply had no idea what was in the food I had been eating. It came as a bit of a revelation to be honest. Anyway, got clued up on that side of things – have just got to sort out the exercise side now, which completely surprisingly I’m really looking forward to.