I have never 'dieted' in my life. To be fair, my friends would all say I have never needed to. But in my 59th year my 'Biafran' style pot belly bothers me. Clothes go someway to disguise the pregnancy look but at the swimming baths, or in other relaxed moments I catch sight of the protrusion in a mirror and have thought 1,000 times or more, "I must do something about it." Then follow the very clever stumbling block thoughts: "I haven't time", "Everyone your age has a tum", "you're not overweight", "it's not too bad" etc etc etc. Instead of following an organised eating plan I will cut things out of my foody habits for a while, have a smaller portion and stop nibbling between meals but it never quite cuts it. And I doubt an organised diet will too. I have been the same weight for such a long time - it never goes up or down.
For the past 4 weeks I have cut out bread from my diet (oh there's that 'D' word) and to my surprise I have lost 3kg. Can it be true, I must check it out on the scales at the gym? Yes, I do go there regularly, once a week for a short workout followed by a leisurely swim. I kid myself that this is exercise. I don't even get a sweat on! I tell myself I am doing something, which is better than nothing, but it's really time I took it a bit more seriously. I enjoy the leisure centre and hopefully with forthcoming retirement I can up the stakes and go twice a week at least!
Yes I'm soon to be 60. Hence the 60 day challenge - EAT properly and WRITE daily are to be my top two priorities. So watch this space for how I get on, I hope it will be fun as well as a trial. I also hope it will be a new chapter in my life, one where I do what I've wanted to do for so long - get a book published. And who knows I might get a flatter tum! Start date : 2.9.14 (well you don't start on a Monday so I'm told. I will use the 1st to get a stock of 'right foods').
