My New Lifestyle And Weight Loss Journey Day 1

THIS IS HOW MY NEW WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY STARTED

HE LOST ALL THE WEIGHT BY MAKING LIFESTYLE CHANGES

Right now, he doesn’t even know that I secretly work out at home using Youtube videos and other resources. It doesn’t have to be in the gym. Commitment matters. 

I remember when I weighed 78 kg and how I tried my best not to climb the heavy ladder of weight gain and it worked until the pregnancy and birth of my number four.

 

Suddenly, 80kg landed on me like a heavy load of cassava tubers mixed with yam tubers and wet garri. I struggled to shed it off but instead kept gaining steadily.

For seven years, after this fourth birth, I rested well, lost some of that weight and managed to keep fit for some time. With dieting (Completely cutting off carbohydrates, I lost 10kg and went back to about 78 kg and I won’t lie, it felt really good;

 

HERE IS WHAT I BENEFITTED AFTER LOSING WEIGHT

 

My sleep became more restful and deep; voice opened up like magic and I could sing again with sweet melodies; confidence got boosted and I enjoyed wearing outfits that showed off my then flat tummy. Started wearing responsive fabric without worrying that they’ll cling here and there. That was my best body!

You’ll never know that my tummy is not flat because I do not go out without a Spanx (Shapewear) but I want that to stop.

HOW MY WEIGHT RETURNED WITH PREGNANCY

 

Then again, like joke, another pregnancy landed on my belly, the weight returned. After my baby boy’s birth, now at 40 years young, dropping the pregnancy weight became more difficult compared to when I was younger. It wasn’t easy but I kept trying, going off and on without following through. That’s why I have convinced myself that documenting the journey on the blog will make me to carry through knowing that people are reading.

 

THE STRUGGLE TO LOSE BABY WEIGHT AGAIN AFTER PREGNANCY

While nursing my last baby, I didn’t know that with age, losing weight becomes more difficult and was just like …”Once the baby is weaned, I’ll drop back to my perfect size (By my standards oh). For where? The thing didn’t go as planned and now I know that once you clock the 40-year mark, losing weight is not beans. 

So, the baby is weaned, and instead of losing weight, I gained even more, Started wearing size 16 oh, me that used to wear size 12. I hit 89 kg and then continued to fluctuate. Sometimes I lose and get down to 83kg, then holidays come, the house is full and I join in the eating and gain all the weight back.

 

EASIER TO LOSE WEIGHT DURING THE SCHOOL MONTHS THAN HOLIDAYS

 

When schools resume, kitchen time is drastically reduced and interestingly my weight begins to adjust until another Holiday season. I don’t want to continue that way, please!

What I need is to permanently change my Lifestyle, let my whole family be aware that “mummy can’t eat cow milk, mummy can’t eat sugar, mummy has stopped eating dairy products” I want them to know this and to also see positive results in my body.

 

HOW MY WEAKNESSES AND INSECURITIES CONTRIBUTED TO WEIGHT GAIN

 

  I keep telling myself that I do not have insecurities but I think I do. Why can’t I wear body-hugging dresses now? Why do I feel better when my size is how and what I want? Sha, my family ba? they have all lost hope in me, they think that I make empty noise about healthy living because when I see them eating ice cream, Daddy says “NO THANK YOU” While I say “Can I have some too?”

The same thing happens with chocolates and other stuff like malt drinks especially that I know are not healthy for adults. Funny thing is.. these my girls never fail to laugh and remind me before sharing. Sometimes, I even buy for them and act the strong healthy eating mummy by not buying any for myself but you won’t believe I end up begging to have a taste (Longer throat). 

 

HUBBY’S SUCCESSFUL WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY THROUGH DETERMINATION

From the first day, that hubby said he’s changing his Lifestyle, till today as I type, I haven’t seen him fall into any food trap, not even a malt, years have passed oh. But for me? It stands today… Fall into temptation tomorrow and It shouldn’t continue that way or is it when I’m 50 that I’ll start taking my health seriously? If weight is not watched, diabetes and other health problems can set in. Then it will now become “expensive managing” which may not be better than “low-cost prevention”. 

Some factors have honestly contributed to this decision to put it out there :

 

• By posting my weight loss journey and lifestyle changes on the blog, I’ll be too ashamed to fall back. I won’t want to disappoint my readers so, that will help, hopefully. 
• My husband has made me feel like he’s in his best size and healthier and all that. Like I’m not trying hard enough.
• My teenage daughters on the other hand are horrible human beings when it comes to talking about my weight and comparing me to their dad. Telling me how dad has lost weight and is now “cool and fresh” while my stomach is just funny. When they see it flat during outings, they start exchanging glances, then looking at me and giggling or rubbing my stomach and asking “Mummy what are you wearing inside? Just lose weight and stop tying yourself up na” When I return home and drop my Spanx, these girls look for it and start laughing again like.. “Mummy. so this is what was giving you that flat tummy?” The SS 3 babe made me promise that before her graduation, I’ll lose some weight. Na wa! For this particular SS3 babe, I sha told her that my response to her will come when she births kids in the future… I can’t wait to ask “Where is that flat tummy?”
• Then again, I just have to lose weight, I shouldn’t be overweight because the few times I lost weight in the past, my overall health really really improved and I felt physically better every day, woke up without pains on my feet or lower back and all. 

Losing weight is very possible even though not easy at all.

For my body type, I already know that exercise alone does not cut it.

These spots appear mostly on the arms and legs, they come with age and most times affect light-skinned women but it’s just like when your hair starts to grey, you can’t use drugs to stop hair turning grey, you can only apply dye or rock it that way. 

That’s my hand and legs crossed. Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis can be annoying especially as the cause is not known.

 WHITE SPOTS

 

I have come to observe that the white spots get  worse when I eat my favourite fruits; mangoes and pineapple; They get worse when I eat cereals with milk and sugar;  get even more worse when I take fruit juices and soft drinks; starve and my skin looks better when I stay off these foods ad drinks but I kept falling back to temptation. FOOD! I love food oh! I eat until I feel full and that’s not how to load the stomach. When I eat well, fill my tank well, I feel happy and relaxed, honestly BUT the happiness begins to fade when weight gain arrives in a night bus!!!

MOVING ON