Two weeks before I went to Italy this summer, I decided that enough is enough: I need to loose weight. All the Lee Abbey cakes, the cereal and toast staple diet I had there, and the overeating I've succumbed to when stressed (or bored or sad or anxious or happy) had finally got to me. I was overweight! Not very overweight, but far heavier than I wanted to be at the age of 19.


So I decided to change. Not to a short term diet or to a crazy training programme but to good habits I could stay with for life. The most important step is to stop the whole system of dieting-overeating, overeating and more dieting, which is a change that I think has been ongoing the last year. The next step has been to tame my sugarmonster; the part of me that craves sweet things in no limit amounts. That is the one change I've worked on since June, trying only to eat sweets once a week and choosing wholegrain products whenever possible as well as eating less carbohydrates. I know I'm not there yet: I'm still eating a Lot of fruit and tend to put sweet things in food. i'malso a sucker for jam, sweetchili sauce, etc, and even though those things aren't in my sweets-list, i feel like it probably would be good to cut down on them. However, I've had some progress and I'm still pressing on.


The next Big challenge will probably be the hardest: to eat smaller portions. I've been used to eating lots sinceI was a child, and both my parents and my brother still do. So changing this pattern requires a lot from me. At the moment I'm trying to doublethink every time I take a portion of something; if I want to eat three dried apricots I take two instead, or if I would normally eat one avocado one two pieces of "knäckebröd" I'll take half of it instead. Pretty tricky but I hope I'll get better at it and improve gradually.

Exercise is the most joyful part of my regime. I'm going to the gym three times a week and take 1 hour walks with my dog as often as possible. I also do yoga every morning, my routine comprises some stretches and some "greetings to the sun". I really like the stuff I do and hope to complement it with some running soon. I'm seeing a physiotherapist and doing loads of rehabilitation exercises each day that should pay off soon so just wait, I'll be out there soon!

The important question is of course wheather I have any results yet. The answer is yes. Even though I can't see all of them on the scale yet. I'm using both the scale and measuring tape and there has been a lot of weeks when I've lost a cm here and there but no weight, so I'm paying more attention to the measuring tape at the moment.
This was an account of my new lifestyle. I'll try to write about "the regime" every now and then to keep myself aware and you guys updated.


See ya!