I should be more than a stone lighter than I am, and I'd like to be 2 stone lighter. Diets are difficult when the other member of the household is an unrestrained carnivore and is reluctant to reduce intake ... and we both like our food. So I'm planning to have most of my fast day calories in an evening meal with him, and see how I go. [What I'd really like is for him to see the success of this and join me on it, as he's needing to lose some weight as well!]
So that's why I'm doing this. I'm 63 and fairly active - Pilates once a week, walk the half mile into town most days, but a lot of computer work for the society that I'm volunteer administrator for, so inevitably my life is fairly sedentary. I get to folk dancing weekends occasionally - 3 or 4 times a year, and nearly always use the stairs rather than the lift - it helps that I'm mildly claustrophobic!
But although I'm quite tall, so my overweight doesn't show too much, I'm conscious of it, and I'm fed up with being size 18/20 [or should that be the other way round ... I'm bigger at the top than round the hips] and my waist is non-existent. Gone are the days when turning sideways made it easier to get through a narrow gap ...
Hoping this will get me on the road to my target weight.
So that's why I'm doing this. I'm 63 and fairly active - Pilates once a week, walk the half mile into town most days, but a lot of computer work for the society that I'm volunteer administrator for, so inevitably my life is fairly sedentary. I get to folk dancing weekends occasionally - 3 or 4 times a year, and nearly always use the stairs rather than the lift - it helps that I'm mildly claustrophobic!
But although I'm quite tall, so my overweight doesn't show too much, I'm conscious of it, and I'm fed up with being size 18/20 [or should that be the other way round ... I'm bigger at the top than round the hips] and my waist is non-existent. Gone are the days when turning sideways made it easier to get through a narrow gap ...
Hoping this will get me on the road to my target weight.
