by Desperate Housewife

12:06pm Friday 1st January 2010 in Desperate Housewife

Well, as we welcome a new year and a new decade I have been asked by a surprising number of people what my resolutions are going to be! Perhaps that’s because I am so overweight that my friends are politely prompting me to go on a diet!

This Christmas our family gift was a board that goes with a popular gaming console, which measures your fitness levels. In order for it to be able to relay this information accurately one must input such data as your height and age and then it calculates your BMI - as it has weighing scales built in to the board.

Thankfully, we had waited until the afternoon of Christmas day before plugging it all in, otherwise I probably wouldn’t have eaten anything for my Christmas lunch for the supposedly fun gaming console told me that I was OBESE! Yes, my Christmas present told me I was obese!

Since then I have exercising on it daily for at least half an hour, yesterday for an hour and a half! The competitive streak in me that had been buried since my school days has apparently resurfaced! If my husband gets a better score on a fitness test than me I will try again and again until I am better than him.

These last few days since Christmas I have had delicious chocolates and Christmas cake in the house to consume- obviously I have considered eating this to be vital to give me the energy I have needed to complete even the lowest level of fitness challenges! However, realistically I know that I will not lose weight if I am eating unhealthily no matter how many hours I spend balancing on the white board. The New Year is as good a time as any to resolve not to eat as much “naughty,” food, so the first day of January is the first day of my new diet. I know that it will be very hard, as I have about four stones of extra baggage to disperse of! It’s only 12:05 and already the only thing I can think about is food. I gave up smoking at the start of the last decade but somehow this dieting feels harder. Thinking about it- I started eating when I gave up smoking- but I won’t swap the cakes for cigarettes, no, I am very glad that my smoking days are over. This time I will exchange my vice(s) for exercise. Hopefully the desire for long term results; a change in my physical shape and a need to improve my health, will get me through the hideous start to this diet and new exercise regime. At the beginning you seem to put a lot of effort in but see very little physical difference.

If anyone else asks me if I have made a New Year’s Resolution I will admit my plan to exercise more, but I won’t tell them that I am planning to lose a third of my body weight as it would put too much pressure on myself. I know that friends would think they were being supportive by constantly asking how the diet was going, but I wouldn’t like it.

Well, very good luck to anyone else who has made a New Year’s Resolution! Keep to it- you can do it!

Comments (9)

1:46pm Sat 2 Jan 10

demoness says...

NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

New year diets that begin on 1st January are doomed to fail. For a start there is still too much xmas food in the house. Also it is cold and our bodies crave more fuel in cold weather.
Exercise by all means and eat healthily but don't try and diet. Wait till feb, march time. You will be much more motivated then!
NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! New year diets that begin on 1st January are doomed to fail. For a start there is still too much xmas food in the house. Also it is cold and our bodies crave more fuel in cold weather. Exercise by all means and eat healthily but don't try and diet. Wait till feb, march time. You will be much more motivated then! demoness

5:52pm Sat 2 Jan 10

Desperate Housewife says...

I am beginning to think April/May would be a good time to start- or June, even! :)
No, just kidding. I probably phrased it all wrong- I am not dieting as such, as in not starving myself....I am just trying to eat more healthily and exercise more- and basically stop eating for four!
I am beginning to think April/May would be a good time to start- or June, even! :) No, just kidding. I probably phrased it all wrong- I am not dieting as such, as in not starving myself....I am just trying to eat more healthily and exercise more- and basically stop eating for four! Desperate Housewife

6:43pm Sat 2 Jan 10

demoness says...

Desperate Housewife wrote:
I am beginning to think April/May would be a good time to start- or June, even! :) No, just kidding. I probably phrased it all wrong- I am not dieting as such, as in not starving myself....I am just trying to eat more healthily and exercise more- and basically stop eating for four!
LOL I know what you mean - my problem is wine..... the drink of the devil - mwauh!
Actually I do find it easier to diet in the spring - lord knows why!
[quote][p][bold]Desperate Housewife[/bold] wrote: I am beginning to think April/May would be a good time to start- or June, even! :) No, just kidding. I probably phrased it all wrong- I am not dieting as such, as in not starving myself....I am just trying to eat more healthily and exercise more- and basically stop eating for four![/p][/quote]LOL I know what you mean - my problem is wine..... the drink of the devil - mwauh! Actually I do find it easier to diet in the spring - lord knows why! demoness

8:55pm Sat 2 Jan 10

Melanie1 says...

Oh dear 4 stone is an awful lot but you are a woman so you will have the determination needed to succeed!
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I'm aiming for a stone but to be honest would be quite happy if it was only 7-10lbs but I'm not starting my 'diet' until the clocks change because it's much easier to exercise when the days are lighter and also once it's warmer I don't need as much food.
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Good luck!
Oh dear 4 stone is an awful lot but you are a woman so you will have the determination needed to succeed! . I'm aiming for a stone but to be honest would be quite happy if it was only 7-10lbs but I'm not starting my 'diet' until the clocks change because it's much easier to exercise when the days are lighter and also once it's warmer I don't need as much food. . Good luck! Melanie1

3:49am Sun 10 Jan 10

lady_blue2 says...

Desperate Housewife wrote:
I am beginning to think April/May would be a good time to start- or June, even! :)
No, just kidding. I probably phrased it all wrong- I am not dieting as such, as in not starving myself....I am just trying to eat more healthily and exercise more- and basically stop eating for four!
don't you just hate pressies that tell you the truth...............
...thankfully you aren't alone in being built for comfort not speed, I too have the need to lose at least 3 stone over the next couple of years, the plan is to put my goal at 7lb intervals then i don't feel so pressured to lose 42lb in a block. also i can't abide the thought of having baggy skin at the end of the weight loss so it's a bit at a time and tone the muscle and skin at the same time..........i wish you every success
[quote][p][bold]Desperate Housewife[/bold] wrote: I am beginning to think April/May would be a good time to start- or June, even! :) No, just kidding. I probably phrased it all wrong- I am not dieting as such, as in not starving myself....I am just trying to eat more healthily and exercise more- and basically stop eating for four![/p][/quote]don't you just hate pressies that tell you the truth............... ...thankfully you aren't alone in being built for comfort not speed, I too have the need to lose at least 3 stone over the next couple of years, the plan is to put my goal at 7lb intervals then i don't feel so pressured to lose 42lb in a block. also i can't abide the thought of having baggy skin at the end of the weight loss so it's a bit at a time and tone the muscle and skin at the same time..........i wish you every success lady_blue2

11:46am Sun 10 Jan 10

Desperate Housewife says...

Dear lady_blue2
Thank you, and I wish you every success with it too. I think that the 7lb target is a good idea and I have, in fact set that as my goal too. I am continuing to find it hard- especially with this cold weather, as when I come in from playing in the snow with the children I just want to sit and drink hot chocolate! Mmmm
Dear lady_blue2 Thank you, and I wish you every success with it too. I think that the 7lb target is a good idea and I have, in fact set that as my goal too. I am continuing to find it hard- especially with this cold weather, as when I come in from playing in the snow with the children I just want to sit and drink hot chocolate! Mmmm Desperate Housewife

2:41pm Wed 13 Jan 10

Rosa Klebb says...

Slowly does it, DH.
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Cutting out those naughty foods will anyway make you feel better very soon.
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I've begun eating much more fruit and find the difference to how I feel is astounding.
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I sleep less (and don't feel tired), have more energy and skin and eyes look bright and clear!
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I'm with you on the competitive drive. My husband lost about a third of his body weight (over last year, I should say). He looks blooming good and now I'm jealous! If he can, I can too.
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I see my body changing (age, yes, age...) and don't like it. So my aim is to lose my 'Mummy's tummy', you know the after-effects of children.
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Very good luck and keep focused on the goal - that weight/shape/look you want.
Slowly does it, DH. . Cutting out those naughty foods will anyway make you feel better very soon. . I've begun eating much more fruit and find the difference to how I feel is astounding. . I sleep less (and don't feel tired), have more energy and skin and eyes look bright and clear! . I'm with you on the competitive drive. My husband lost about a third of his body weight (over last year, I should say). He looks blooming good and now I'm jealous! If he can, I can too. . I see my body changing (age, yes, age...) and don't like it. So my aim is to lose my 'Mummy's tummy', you know the after-effects of children. . Very good luck and keep focused on the goal - that weight/shape/look you want. Rosa Klebb

3:38pm Fri 15 Jan 10

bbybl3000 says...

my fiance was happy I went from 120 to 130ish because I gained a cup size, so some times a little extra curves is not terrible.
my fiance was happy I went from 120 to 130ish because I gained a cup size, so some times a little extra curves is not terrible. bbybl3000

11:51am Thu 11 Feb 10

Desperate Housewife says...

Well done to your husband, Rosa, losing all that weight! How are the rest of you doing? I am losing some weight, but it's a slow process. I am toning up a bit though, I think!
Well done to your husband, Rosa, losing all that weight! How are the rest of you doing? I am losing some weight, but it's a slow process. I am toning up a bit though, I think! Desperate Housewife
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