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I think I've crossed a threshold...
For the last few weeks I've practiced fasting after 6pm till breakfast.
The progress from it does not seem much, but at least I've become confortable in doing so and I'm not hungry in the evenings. So after my last meal of the day, I no longer eat.
So there is at least that amount of time where I don't struggle with food and food choices etc.
I'm sure that I still eat too much for my amount of activity. I work from home at a desk. Although I eat well and healthy. I'm suppose to eat 1200 cal to lose weight. 1200 cal is really not much....
I've cut in the last week sugar and milk in my coffee. It was really the last bastion of my resistance to giving in and giving up everything that I really, really like. I've given up cakes, ice cream, cookies, everything naughty..But coffee was a weekness I wanted to keep.
A couple of weeks ago I discovered a group of badminton players where you can just show up and play badminton. I love the sport. In fact, it's the only sport I truly love and don't feel like it's work, but it's all play. But of course, it's a sport you need to be fit to play. That's where my motivation comes in. I'm ready to give up sugar in my coffee and a lot more if it's what it takes to be able to play.
I've played two Fridays. Last Friday, on a jump, i felt my knees go funny, and have had sore knees for the whole week. It's getting better, but frack! I can't believe the only sport I've wanted to play for years that is my ticket to a healthy and lean body will be taken away from me because I'm now too old!?
And it's pretty much a vicious circle... I can't play, so i'll be hard to lose weight, and I can't lose weight, so I can't really play without the risk of injury...
And yes I walk, but walking becomes boring after a while.
anyway, I'm going to play this Friday, and I'm still trying to eat a lot less to lose some weight.
And I'm glad I can now fast after supper and be very confortable doing so. Nightime eating was a bad habit.
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