Oh yes, there was another time when i was thin-ish/ thin-er than expected.
In my 1st trimester i lost 4kg (9 lbs) due to nausea. And for the rest of the pregnancy i thought i ate normally, but overall, on the last day of my pregnancy i had only gained 4kg from my initial weight -which was never documented, as i started prenatal care around 12 weeks, and i was already thin by then – or 8 kg (18 lbs) total.
so now i weigh more than i did 3 years ago, while carrying a 4.250 g (9.36lbs) pound baby.
But no, nothing happened specifically, i was always aware of that. it was just a wake-up call coming from nowhere… or everywhere. It is time. It is finally time.
It always seemed that counting calories is too difficult. on top of all that one must keep in mind, having that extra burden seemed like too much. But now it doesn’t seem like it’s an impossible feat – checking the calories on foods, entering everything into an app, calculating how much of x and y to eat. of course, this is only day 2.
this now feels like a project, like an investment in myself. i need to be doing more of that for sure – motherhood and homemaking can easily cause one to forget about oneself. and this is something i do for myself. for my body. As the movie quote goes:
‘Take care of your body. You will be together a long time” [Death becomes her]
Well, for sure not as long as in the movie, duh, but that is a pretty good line and a pretty good motivational quote.
It is easy to fall into the pit of ‘going hungry’. For example, the app tells me i am supposed to eat around 1800 calories a day. I also input my yoga and walks, and today, that accounted for a -1000 calories deficit. And eating late in bed kinda seems like cheating when you are on a diet right? And i doubt moving to eat in the kitchen will feel any different.
Still, after some research i convinced myself that yes, i need to go to at least around 1800 if i want to lose weight steadily and healthily. and starving yourself in the 1st week can not only slow your metabolism and make you gain weight, but it can also ruin your motivation.
‘I’ve started my diet one week ago. So far i’ve lost 7 days’
So i guess this thing that i am doing is not actually a diet. I am just supposed to watch how many calories i intake, and along the way, now that the app is installed, why not, try to follow the advice it gives about nutritional values. This is not supposed to make me stop drinking coffee with milk or having a chocolate cookie. It is not supposed to rob me of my small pleasures in life. Or at least i hope not.
Life is too short to be on a diet. Not sure who said it, but i’ve been saying it a while.
I’ve also been saying that life is too short to wear boring clothes, and here i am, wearing the same sweatpants everyday 😅
The Happy Rabbit 