So, things are not
going so great here in ‘Trying to be healthy-ville’. Not that they are going
too bad. I’m gluten free now for a week already, and feeling the difference in
my digestive system. Whether or not it is the lack of gluten, I can’t say, but
I’m feeling much better and my stomach is behaving much better. So there’s
that!
Sugar has attacked me with a vengeance, and I’m totally off in Lalaland
in that regards. Chocolate seems to be growing on trees here and I’m eating
tons of it. I think I may have had the “enough is enough” moment just now, and
am getting back on non-sugar-mode tomorrow. The hardship of the sweet tooth
girl going healthy, it is the making of an epic novel!
I was remembering
December 2011 this evening. It was lovely. 2011 was a year of transformation
for me. It started with me living in Dublin, the home of baked beans and
sausages (perfect food for carb junkies!). I loved some parts of my live there,
my studies and spending time with my friends, and exploring the city. Dublin is
really a great city and I can’t wait for my visit there in April. But it was
also a miserable time. I was homesick and worried about what I would do after
the masters program was finished. Freaking out about stuff and just comfort
eating all day long. Until March. I woke up when my weight had reached 88kg. I
had never been so heavy and I felt horrible. From March and until mid summer,
when I was back in Iceland, I managed to lose some weight, get back to running
and was starting to get back to my old self. Then I started using Herbalife,
and what’s even more amazing. I stopped drinking Diet Coke. A huge, huge,
triple huge accomplishment! I haven’t had any Diet Coke since August 8th
2011, except for a couple of sips last Christmas which tasted horrible. I will
never drink Diet Coke again, I am happy to say for sure. So, in early December
2011, living in Malta, I had lost 11 kilos, and was a happy 77kg. Feeling
amazing, back to running and happy. Not that I was fixated on my weight, but it
felt good to look better in my clothes. In the first months of 2012, I kept up
my running schedule, got ambitious and started training for a half marathon,
and kept the weight off without any help from Herbalife or other supplements.
Than
the Thesis stress kicked in. And as I have said before, I tackle stress by
eating. By now, I had moved to Oslo and started working as well as writing my
thesis. There was no time for running or gym, although I did my best for a
while to keep that up. The stress of it all was too much, and I started eating.
And eating. I started back on Herbalife, but because I wasn’t eating properly
or exercising, it didn’t help except maybe kept me from gaining more weight
than I did. I am still working on getting back on track. Now I have just made
the decision to get back on Herbalife and take my eating problem by the horn.
From next week, I will have more time as I will finish this project I’m working
on soon, and then I will prioritise running and gym over other things. I just
have to. No more excuses. My goal is to lose 7 kg. I don’t think that is too
much or too difficult. I mean, 7kg is nothing really. I made this to remind me
and hung it over my TV.
So now when I’m sitting and relaxing in my sofa, I will
see this and not want to eat! That is the plan!!!
