winter - how to keep the weight off?

Here comes winter.

as the day light hours become shorter and teh cold provide a perfect excuse not to go out and move our bum, how are we going to lose weight?

The chill in the past few days sent me craving for curries, hot chocholate at bed time and lost of gravy laden food. Aww!!!

Instead of leafy salads, we now see parsnips, butternut, and nuts in teh "vege" aisle. All these are yes, they are vege. But no, they have higher calories!

i am thinking of changing my plate to a smaller one and joining the gym at work. Need to keep the  pounds off!

How a PCOS patient like me lost 3 kg

It is 3 kg. Not a lot, but not a little too.

Going by the rule of thumb that a 5% weight loss would have made a difference, I done 2/3 of the initial weight loss target.

Here is what I think I did right to loose the weight:

• Walk at least 3 km a day. On certain days, when the weather is good and I get off work early, I would aim to "walk till tired". Instead of getting on the bus or train, I try to aim to walk to the "next stop".. and the "next".. and the "next".  That means on some days, I walk about 3 km on my way back.
• Soup it! I try to have soup for lunch, especially on those days which I know I could have an early dinner. A perfect weight lose day would be soup for lunch, walk as much as I could on the way home, eat dinner early, do yoga, and go to bed early!

What I did wrong!

• Had light lunch and then at biscuits at "tea time" And when I had to go home late, I sometimes finished 5-6 biscuits before going home!!! That makes it about 540 calories just on biscuits! BAD!!!
• giving in to "hunger" - those hunger generated by my NSAIDS for my pains. Those are really trying times! 

Lost more weight!

Ladies and gentlemen, 

I am please to announce that I am now a featherweight 84 kg! Ahem! I finally hit the elusive 84 kg on the scale. 

84 kg !!

It must be the period. I must have lost almost 1 kg of blood and tissue because of it. 

When this weight loss plan started in February, I hoped to be 84 kg in 3 months. Ie, I hoped to be 84 kg by the beginning of June. Now I am 84 kg at the beginning of October. It took 4 more months than I had expected! That makes it 3 kg in 7 months!!! Sigh.. and now that winter is here..

Winter = weigh gain for most women. When it is cold outside, what is more comforting and cosy than hiding in the duvet with a cup of hot chocolate? A a glass of hot chocolate or milk seemed to be the perfect way to keep warm? No!!!

I got to keep losing weight! At least I have to maintain it during autumn/winter!