Well that was a good start, wasn't it? Coming up to three months since I started this blog and I still haven't made the slightest effort to start dieting. I was certainly feeling motivated when I wrote it but I obviously wasn't in the right place mentally. I can make as many excuses as I want but ultimately the main reason for the lack of movement comes down to pure laziness.
I've decided to draw a line under that last attempt. It's in the past now and all I can do is try to go down a different road in the future. I have weighed myself and the results were not good. I am now 20st 7lbs (130.5kg) and with my height being 1.79m, my BMI is 40.73. Those numbers aren't good and mean that I am now in the "Morbidly Obese" category. Well isn't that a kick in the stomach? Will it be the kick I need to get my arse in gear and do something about it? The truth is, I don't know but it has to be. With me now being morbidly obese I had a quick search of Google and it would turn you into a hypochondriac. Every illness known to man is now an "increased chance" or "high risk" of me getting it as the BMI has edged over 40.
It certainly doesn't make you feel very motivated and instead a sense of paranoia sets in every time I cough or sneeze. However, I do need to make some changes to my lifestyle as I have a wife and three children under the age of five and it's not much fun when I feel wrecked after playing with the kids for five minutes. I will use them as my inspiration to get fit as it can't be much fun for them that I'm too tired to take them to the park etc.
Previous attempts have ended in failure because I have set myself unrealistic targets. I am not a patient person and if I go for a run I want to lose a stone in weight. Unfortunately it doesn't work that way and I am going to start off very slowly this time. I am off work now until next Wednesday and I will set myself a target to walk twelve miles in that time. That's not too bad and should be manageable with me being off work.
Regarding eating, I'm not going to worry too much about it for the time being. If I can get myself into the habit of doing some exercise for a week or two I will then look at what foods I need to cut out. That may not be the right attitude but I've tried everything else and it hasn't worked so I may as well give this a try.
My first weight loss target is to get the BMI below 40. At my height I would need to weigh 128.1kg which would mean a loss of 2.4kg (5.5lbs). I am not putting a time limit on that target. I don't care if it takes a week, two weeks, a month or a year. If I get to that weight, I am going the right way and I will re-evaluate then but for my all I really want is to be "Clinically Obese".
