Putting on weight over the holidays

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Holidays are great! Fun, relaxing and sometimes even adventurous. And my holidays over the Christmas period were exactly that. 

I know over Christmas every year, without fail, whether I am tiny or large, I put on two kilos. I also know it takes about two months to then lose it. 

So guess my surprise when after my holidays, ready to start the New Year with my aim to lose the final 10 kilograms. Oh yes, my surprise. My surprise was I put on 5 kilograms over my fun holidays. Let me just say that again, 5 kilograms. 

If I gained an extra two kilograms, I would have put half the weight on I had already lost. This was absolutely sad. 

The other annoying factor is when I was my pre-holiday weight I actually felt like I was getting thinner. My face was thinner and my stomach not as round. 

But now, my face is visually fatter and my stomach is much bigger and protruding out. Sigh. I can’t even hide it. I already wear those flowing dresses that have no structure to the dress, but you can still see my protruding stomach. 

I realise I am being a bit harsh. It just appears it happened so suddenly. And I guess it did happen suddenly. Just over a few weeks. And it took nearly three months to lose that much weight last time. 

So the new problem I am having is I feel so overweight that it’s harder to walk. Harder to exercise and because I have been on holidays, harder to get back into a routine. 

And maybe what I am experiencing, you are too? Or to some degree? And if that’s the case, I’m here to tell you.

It’s time to put in some hard work, put in a routine and go strong. It doesn’t necessarily mean, you have to go hit the gym and do cardio and weights. I’m all about doing what’s easiest on the body when it comes to being a large weight and I’m hoping once I lose my now 15 kilograms that I will be able to build my stamina and strength and do more endurance fitness workouts. But right now, walking is for me. 

So my new routine includes the following:

Walk daily a minimum of 9,000 steps. 

Anything below this amount and I won’t get the weight loss each week and it has to every day. No cheat day off during the week. 9,000 steps every day. 

What to drink

Drink half a sugar free energy drink a day while or after walking. Mainly drink water. For special events, I can have sugar free soft drink but this will be limited to one glass. 

Find places to walk that are fun and motivating. 

Scenery is everything. Try evolving the walking locations so you keep turning up to walk. The more new or fresh the walking experience is, the more likely you will show up to your next walking adventure. 

Use the treadmill 

Walk on the treadmill when it is raining, storming or you just want to stay indoors. Walk on the treadmill when have finished the days activities but have not reached my minimum 9,000 steps. 

Eat water foods

 Water foods are great for snacks during the day, such as cucumber, cherry tomatoes and capsicum cut-up. 

Don’t stop 

Don’t stop walking even in early days when not losing weight or not a lot of weight. It all adds up over time. 

What does your routine look like? Comment below. 

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