Butterfly Wings

Well, I didn’t realise how long it’s been since I posted here. Apparently, I started “getting serious” and seriously abandoned the blog.

We did complete the 3 day challenge mentioned in that last post - basically green smoothies for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with only a couple of snacks at other times. Some time later we did the 10 day challenge, this time not aiming for 100% smoothies, but making sure there was a substantial smoothie component each day.

I was planning to do the 24 day Christmas countdown challenge. Then I decided to just do my own version. This is usually a dangerous thing. At least when the Green Smoothie Queen is sending daily prompts and inspiration, I tell myself that I committed to something that somebody else asked me to. I seem to have trouble committing to myself. However, this past month I have stuck to a mainly-raw, mostly plant-based diet. The times that I have eaten animal protein or cooked food, I haven’t actually felt that great afterwards. I can’t say if that’s purely psychological/guilt or if my body really didn’t like what I put into it.

I admit that I wasn’t going to actually post numbers until I was under 100kg, but it’s so close, and I feel I need a little bit of inspiration, so here goes. Since March, when I started documenting this journey and riding my bike more, I have lost/released about 13kg. Since the start of October, when I really got serious about the food part, I have lost/released about 8kg (included in, not in addition to, the 13 since March), about 5 of those during December alone (mainly-raw, mostly plant-based, no coffee, almost no alcohol). I haven’t braved the summer outdoors on my bike very much, but during the past week or so I have been trying to do some serious kms on The Man’s bike - currently on a stand indoors. Okay, so I slacked off a bit during the last couple of days.

The funny thing is that, even with the extra weight, when I was riding the bike more during winter, I was becoming quite fit. Getting back on the bike this month was a bit of a shock at first. It seems ironic that now I’m trying to regain the fitness I had when I was fatter.

I didn’t quite reach my weight goal, which was “double figures” (under 100kg) by Christmas, and to still be under 100kg by New Year. In other words, I was aiming to stay in control of it during the traditional stuff-your-face time. I’m so close, and now my goal is to be at double figures by the double figure year (’10). Today is our first double-figure wedding anniversary - married ten years ago today. I like the way all those numbers work together.

On our wedding day, I was heavier than I wanted to be, but I still have a bit of work to do to get to where I was back then. This time, however, I think I’m on a better track than the starve-myself-into-the-dress mentality I had at the time.