Shrink Rap

Every two months I get to step on a scale and see what my weight's up to (regular clinic visit). Lately my clothes have been feeling a little smaller than usual, so I wasn't suprised to see I'd picked up 2 kilos. Or so...

But I'm now nearing a point where it's uncomfortable to be cuddly. In spite of the indoor winter joys of heaters and comfort foods, something needs to be done. Not just so I'll look decent in a swimsuit come summer either!

So what to do? Well:

* Food - stop saying "eat now, for tomorrow you die" - and quit the "there's no guarantee there's chocolate in heaven, so indulge while you still have time" thing. Eat the fruit & veg in the fridge before it goes off. The offspring needs this too! Resolve to make the weekly Spur (restaurant) visit back into the payday Spur visit. You KNOW you want to eat your money's worth there....

* Water - one 480ml bottle per hour after 10 each morning (once breakfast has settled) and for the remainder of the working day.

* Other drinkables - cut the full-cream-milk-only evening coffee to half-milk-half-water, or change to rooibos tea (yuk?). Cut down on the amount of creamer in morning coffee. Drink more green tea and less coffee, especially mid-morning.

* Exercise (other than running hourly to the loo to rid one's body of the 480ml water drunk in the previous hour) - evening stroll with 1 very overweight and 2 active dogs instead of plonking down in front of Oprah. The dog needs it as much as I do, as a back leg seems to be giving in from excess weight already. Once the cartiledge inflammation in the chest clears up and I don't feel like I'm having a mini-heart-attack every few minutes, haul out those expensive Tae-Bo tapes and quit finding meaningless excuses not to sweat like a pig. Do some stretching instead of vegging while watching the local soapie.

* Work - take regular breaks to stand up, stretch, or walk the herb garden outside. At least twice in the morning and once in the afternoon. Breathe deeply and change position at the desk now and then.

* Fun - make family fun more about being outside and doing active things and less about videos and inside stuff. Make personal fun more about walks on the beach and less about chocolate cake with coffee at Mug & Beann.

* Mind-control - think thin. It works. Quit dreaming about the ex-crush of 15 years ago who made a hurtful comment on your weight and continues to subconciously determine your body image. Dream healthy, lighter, brighter. Daydream it too.

And that's my list of impossibles for now. So far so good on the water story, working on the rest.