Fat War Diaries- Finale

To everyone’s relief this is the last installment of THE Diaries.

Enough introspection and online self-discovery has been shared by me these last few entries.

I want to just tie a few things together on this final post and then start blogging about other things.

When I began my journey my expectations were very low.

I didn’t expect to lose 5 kgs let alone all the kilos that have come off (so far).

So what happened? God was good, I had the right people around to help and I got hold of the right information.

The thought of quitting, for some reason that I still can’t explain, was worse than going through the agony of the first 6 weeks of exercise and new eating habits.

Quite simply staying the same was no longer an option. If it killed me, change was going to happen.

There is one myth I want to debunk.

This insidious myth is that fat people are weak-willed and don’t have the character or tenacity to lose weight. FALSE.

From personal experience I can assure you it takes a lot of determination to keep eating ‘in season and out of season’.

You need to push through a lot of discomfort and immobility to live life as a hard core over-eater.

The issue is more education, motivation and above all persistence to lose weight rather than a lack of character.

In other words I found a few things that worked and just kept doing them.

The other thing I want to give you are my 10 hot weight loss tips just to get you off to a good start this week:-

1. Drink a large glass of water at every meal (water in soft drinks, tea or coffee is not included);
2. Be accountable to someone about your eating (and no it can’t be the crew member at Macca’s drive thru);
3. Exercise 30 minutes every day;
4. Take the stairs instead of the lift; park the car a little further away and walk more- you get my drift;
5. Replace high fat or sugar snacks with fruit or nuts;
6. Limit junk foods to once per week (but remember to thoroughly enjoy the experience);
7. Avoid places of temptation and past failure (as much as possible);
8. Don’t go grocery shopping on an empty stomach;
9. Take up a sport or physical activity that you actually want to do;
10. Invest some money into exercise equipment, flash new runners or gym membership. It will be worth every penny.

So have an active Monday- I am off to pump some iron.

Nothing is better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that his soul should enjoy good in his labor. This also, I saw, was from the hand of God. For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I? Ecclesiastes 2:24-25

By Robert Apps

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