Xmas Excess

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Christmas has not been kind to me and the scales have shown that I am at my heaviest that I have been for over 2 years. Over 89kg, and while I certainly enjoyed myself, I acknowledge that I feel I have let myself down.

I am ready to focus from Mid-January, when I return from holidays and then I need to be more disciplined once I have churned through the additional weight.

I could use excuses......I changed stores, my mum passed away, I lost a lot of close things through some personal dramas.....but at the end of the day, no excuses for being unhealthy.

I will use this blog to maintain my focus and live up to what I say I will. I will also use the Bodytrim forum to post results. It is simply about getting some discipline back into my life, and look out for number 1.

Follow my progress here.

Post Xmas

 

I hope everyone had a better Christmas than me. Unfortunately, my body has chosen the last 96hours as it's time to expel the demons being stored within. On Christmas Day, I spent 18 hours in a position best described as being sick. Here I am on the 28th, and still ill. I cannot even say it has been self-inflicted as a beer hasn't passed my lips over the Christmas break. And I havn't eaten a lot either so my post-Xmas back into shape scenario shouldn't be too hard, as long as I can get over this bug.

For those of you that did have better Christmases, than mine, my suggestion is to get your head right and not make too much of a good thing. Between Xmas and New Year, you need some discipline to keep the life in check. If you have two weeks of blow-outs, your increase in weight, and decrease in motivation may have the potential to drown you. So take some small wins now to keep you in the game, so when the New Year is finally over, your desire and strength is still there.

Finally, Facebook is a wonderful thing isn't it. I will let you choose your thoughts on this status from a company specialising in the Fitness industry.

 Posted on December 23rd. " Something to think about as you enjoy your xmas drinks...Drinking completely stops your fat metabolism for as long as your body takes to use up and get rid of it. Also, Drinking also dehydrates you, raises cortisol levels (goodbye muscles), raises estrogen levels (hello hips), lowers inhibitions (pizza anyone?). Combin...e that with the fact that alcohol promotes abdominal fat...storage (of all places!)....."

I bet their customers had a wonderful Xmas.