over the past 6 months, since moving back to australia, i have been focused on losing the “holiday weight” i had piled on – and with a reasonable degree of commitment to healthy eating, and light exercise, i have managed to lose over 13kg (28 pounds).
i feel the key to my weight loss has been to keep busy and eat less. being out of the house and away from the kitchen may help to avoid temptation and eating out of boredom.
in my experience i have found adjusting what i eat and how much i eat to have influenced at least 90% of my weight loss in the last 2 months. in fact, i have done almost no exercise (apart from the 15 walk to/from the train station to work/home) since returning to work 2 months ago but have managed to drop a further 5kg (11 pounds) simply by being away from the kitchen. being vegan helps too – there is practically nothing i can buy to eat where i work – so avoiding snacking outside of what i bring with me that day is much easier.
something i have noticed is the ‘humps’ along the way – where i was progressively losing weight to a point that i just didn’t seem to get past at the same rate. my weight fluctuated at these point for a while, but with slight adjustment to my food intake or level of exercise i was back on track and moving down the weight scale.
another key to my weight loss was buying a set of bathroom scales. being able to track my weight – and from this identify what I did that day that may have helped/hindered my progress – has been really valuable.
my suggestion to anyone trying to lose weight are:
