Stop coasting through life, RIGHT NOW.

I seem to have reached a point where although I'm happy with my slimmer frame, I'm not really pushing myself as much as I should. I've tended to drift through life falling into one thing or another, after all I only got my new job after I was pushed into attending a job search course. So I seem to be getting a little slack in my exercising and dietary choices. Whenever I go swimming I only do breaststroke because its easier than front crawl and I can do a mile relatively easily, when I should be pushing myself to start doing front crawl, so I can get stronger in my swimming, I should be pushing myself when I'm on the treadmill, or rowing machine but keep telling myself, that I'm tired so that's why I'm not giving it more. The Boxercise class on a Saturday I'm trying to push myself but some of the exercises are leg work, so I'm not quite as quick as I'd like to be but I should push myself more so that like the swimming I can get stronger and therefore quicker at.

I'm no longer doing the Zumba class on a Monday because I'm weighing in that day and have work, so don't have the time anymore, the same on a Wednesday, although this is partly true, I'm using it as an excuse not to do the classes, when I should be pushing myself more, since I don't have much more weight to lose.
I'm also telling myself that because my bodybugg shows I've burned off additional calories that it doesn't matter if I eat more than I should, since hey look a calorie defict, although the way I'm going its been a handful of calories, rather than the amount which will help me continue to lose weight.

I've also gotten into an annoying habit at work, where if I have a break, I'm tending to eat something, it seems to be toast with some kind of meat, then having something sweet afterwards, since I only do five hour shifts and have a 15 minute break, this isn't too bad, its the days when I have longer shifts and therefore more breaks, I seem to be ingesting upwards of 800 calories, more if I get the urge for a chocolate bar or two. I can't seem to break out of the habit either, I do try and pick the healthiest options when it comes to the bread and meat but seem to be failing when it comes to not eating an unhealthy chocolate bar, I know I shouldn't be eating them but I guess I must have an impulse control issue when surrounded by all the sweet treats, it might be easier if I take something in with me to eat, or simply avoiding eating on my break, or minimise the amount I eat and having a piece of fruit or something.

Before I started the job, I was on a steady downward trajectory with my weight loss, then I started working and my loss seemed to stall, then I gained a couple of lbs, lost them, stayed the same for a couple of weeks, lost again and as of this morning, had gained 2 lbs again, so put me squarely back at 13st 9lbs. It just shows how easily the weight can creep back on if you aren't careful. So time to get back to being more careful with what I'm eating and avoid the chocolaty treats.

Summer is here and the weather is...cool.

Anyone who carries any kind of weight will know the hell that is summer, this is the time of year when people sweat due to the air temperature being higher than normal but for a person that carries any kind of additional weight, you turn into a massive ball of sweat, soaking through clothes which can also make walking about difficult. Even when the air pressure is quite high, normally before a thunderstorm, people can sweat a lot, due to the 'closeness' of the air, this goes up ten fold if you're overweight I always found.

So now due to the hard work I've put in over the last few months, I found myself out in the sunshine recently and I didn't sweat in the way I would have done in previous years, aside from the aesthetic appeal, another really good reason to lose weight is body temperature regulation, I'm sweating like nobody's business when ever I'm doing an exercise class but even wearing my black hooded top walking home, in the beaming hot sun and I didn't soak through my clothing in a way I previously would have on cooler days.

I guess it also means I can start walking around topless and feeling a lot less self conscious now and relish the fact, that I going to stay cool regardless of the clothing that I'm wearing. I'm also going to have to get myself some new jeans as the ones I was wearing today, are starting to fall down when I carry anything in my pockets, which is wonderful in one respect but so damned annoying to have to keep pulling them up to avoid looking like a hipster or some hip hop video extra.

Still, I'm almost at my goal weight, so that's another thing to look forward to.