Melanie Toye’s walking for health

Image by kalhh from Pixabay   So the New Year has started and welcome to it.  To be honest, I had my goals preset just before the New Year and when the New Year hit, I didn’t start straight away like I was expecting to.  So what are my goals and how am I going to achieve them?  Basically, this year I want to lose my remaining weight of 10 kilos. (I did put on 4 kilos over Christmas so chuck on that extra weight and I have to lose 14 kilos).  I have literally lost an extra 14 kilos previously just by walking. I didn’t change my eating habits, I just walked. It took a year because I only walked 10,000 steps every fortnight so I was only losing weight every fortnight. Not weekly.  Again, I feel this is pretty good considering I didn’t focus on eating only carrot sticks to lose weight.  So however you plan it, just note it the time to lose the weight may take longer. So do not get discouraged. Because, for me, once the weight is off, I am culling my bigge...

  Image sourced via: www.pixabay.com  So I am on holidays and it’s the week before Christmas and I have already put on half a kilo. I always put on two kilos over Christmas, even when I was thin, I would put on two kilos.  And yes, it always comes off in January. But when I am wanting to lose weight and then gaining weight from holidays, it’s really a not nice feeling. I haven’t been this big in at least a year. That’s the worst about being overweight, when you go up on the scales and it scares you because you said you would never be that weight again.  Now I have to lose extra weight ontop of the weight I already want to lose.  So since Christmas Day, on Christmas I just ate and barely walked steps and that is ok. I want to enjoy my day. And then Boxing Day, I made sure I walked and the next day. And now I feel back into my routine where I can walk each day and close to 10,000 steps a day. I feel better. I know my weight won’t go down immediately and may be not...