It's been a while since I posted about my weight loss journey and if I'm being honest, I think it was at the beginning of the year, or at the end of last year? I can't even remember, but it doesn't matter, because if I can't remember, I bet you can't either.
Anyway, it doesn't matter. What matter is where I am with my plan today and what I'm doing in order to go forward, till I reach my goal.
This journey started on the 18th or 19th of November 2025, which is strange or stupid I was told, because you can't eat during Christmas and New Year. It's true, you can't eat all the goodies served during winter holidays, but that's kind of the point, isn't it?
It's been 7 months till then and here I am, continuing my journey. I bet most people would say 7 months is a long time and I should have reached my goal already as you can lose 4kg per months and so on. Well, I don't blame anyone for thinking like that, but it's not me, that's not how I manage my weight loss journey.
My goal has always been to reach my goal, but more important is, how. Fast weight losses lead to ... we all know where. You lose X amount of weight in 3 months, yay, congrats to you, then put it back even faster, as you go back to your old lifestyle, that led to where you were, when you started. You eat all the food you have not been able to during the weight loss and you basically will be back to where you started, or even worse. I don't want that. I wanted a change, a total lifestyle change, a sustainable one long term and that can't be achieved in a month or two. If you want a new lifestyle, you need a new mindset and a lot of will as well.
After 7 months, I can say I'm halfway and happy with my progress. There was a two months stagnating period, not because my body was resisting, but because I lost control a bit and went off the rail, which is totally acceptable for me. It's not like I put it all back, I was just stagnating, which is way better than canceling all the progress made.
Now I'm back on track and on my way to my final destination.
The best thing about my journey is that I'm not suffering, I'm not torturing myself. There are so called cheat days, which doesn't mean I eat a whole pizza, half a cake and ice cream too. It means I allow myself to eat what is not really a weight loss dish, but moderately. These days are happening from time to time and help take away the cravings.
The best gift I got from life at the point where I am now is that I have a new pair of jeans as the old ones can't be worn anymore without shame, they look like borrowed from someone 3 sizes bigger than me. The other bonus, that I love is that I can wear a lot of blouses, shirts that were sitting in my wardrobe, waiting for me to get where I am ... one day. Well, this day has arrived and I am taking them out one by one and wearing all of them proudly. An even bigger gift is that I feel fantastic. Leaving all that excess weight behind happens gradually and you may not see it, but there are certain tasks that are easier now, like running up to the top floor with a bag of groceries is not just possible now, but a lot of fun as well. This is a training for me and I'm happy I got to this point.
During the 7 months of my journey, I had time to observe myself, to observe and analyze my thoughts and learn from each situation and day. This is the most important part of the journey as this is how you transition from your old self, to the new one. Skip this part and you go back to your old self in no time, picking up your old habits as well. You need to understand why you have been doing the things that led to gaining weight, figure out a way to change and make sure the change is sustainable.
Now let's see what I've been eating, to show you I've not been starving myself to death in the process 馃槅
Breakfast is always the same and contrary to what you may think, I never get bored of it. I've been having this breakfast for almost 7 months and each morning I am eating it with joy.
Oh, wait, I have to rectify that. At the beginning my breakfast was made of cca. 50g of whole grain bread, 10g hummus, 1/2 avocado, red pepper, tomato and a little bit of cheese, or 20g ham. I wanted to have bread at breakfast as what you see on my plate is not more than 300kcal and once you had 50g bread, that is enough for a whole day, you don't crave it anymore.
The plan was to keep this up, but after a month or two, I got some stomach pain and had to acknowledge that no matter how good and healthy avocado is, it upsets my stomach and had to cut it out of my diet. This is how I am having ham instead. To add a bit more flavor, I'm using mustard, sometimes pesto, or radish with mayo. Yes, mayo is on the NO list, but 2g won't kill me as it's 8kcal and it gives me a good taste. This is where you exercise self control and say thank you for being able to have a little every day, without abusing it.
This was my lunch today. Boiled potatoes with parsley, chicken tight in air fryer and veggie salad, which got some balsamic vinegar after I took the photo. I had to do it after as the balsamic vinegar is brown and the salad looks ugly.
Potatoes are on the NO list, but this is the season for new potatoes and I wanted to have some.
Otherwise I am having potatoes once a month, or once in two month and mostly cooked, or in the air fryer. This way only a sprinkle of oil goes on it, like you see on the potatoes today.
Soup is an important part of my diet. Sometimes I have only soup for lunch, which contains chicken and a lot of veggies. What you see in the plate is low fat yogurt, which replaces sour cream. It's a really diet friendly solution.
These are cheat days, but strictly controlled portions and after that, everything goes back to normal.
This is one of my favorite dishes, chicken tight with veggie stew and a small quantity of rice added.
Diet version of spinach, with low fat milk and very little flour, I love this and could eat it every day.
Dinner can be a lot of things, among which these two as well.
I think I'm going to stop here as I don't want to rob your precious time. I just wanted to do an update and log it on the blockchain.
So all in all, I'm ok with my progress, I've changed a lot and after 7 months, I have my routine and knowing where the limits are. See you at the next update.
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