Back On It.....

So here is my plan....

First thing is to set some goals...

 

I weighed in yesterday at 175lbs that's just 3lbs over my lowest weight and 20lbs over what is classed as a "healthy" weight for my height...... that helped me to establish my long term goal..... I decided that I would like to loose 22lbs by the end of the year.... That not only puts me into  the healthy weight category, but puts me at 10 stone 13 pounds and everyone who measures in stones knows how encouraging it is to get to a lower stone bracket.....

 

Loosing more weight is not the whole picture though... I also need to maintain the muscle I have.... at the moment I have a normal muscle percentage which means that I actually have quite a good amount of muscle for my height and if I loose more fat and keep the muscle I have I will be in the high muscle category and being strong and healthy is more important to me than being thin.....

 

 

Dieting over a long time isn't easy....and that is why it is good to have times of maintenance built in and to give margin to allow for times of celebration..... doing this will give much more chance of long term success....

 

 



It also helps to have short term goals to keep you going.... So my first goal is to loose 5lbs over the next five weeks.....

Then I am taking a week off.... Yes a whole week.... because I have a really big celebration..... I will have been with my husband for 20 years and that is certainly something worth celebrating! Hopefully I will not do too much damage and will certainly get some exercise during the week, but the important thing is I won't feel guilty about it because I am planning for it and it is the exception and not an everyday thing.... It's part of the bigger picture of leading a healthy and happy life.