Day one

I have to admit this isn't my first day of dieting (again), as opposed to my first day of blogging. I've been eating pretty well for a couple of weeks - which means that I don't expect to have massive losses in my first weeks (as is common when people embark on a new diets).

I'm doing a variation of the optifast diet once again. However, rather than taking on the rather extreme 3 shakes a day option, I'm doing the second stage to keep myself sane. I track my calories carefully using calorie king and try to limit my intake to between 800 and 1,200 calories per day.

Food:
Breakfast - optifast shake
Lunch - vegetable soup
Afternoon - second optifast shake
Dinner - beef meatballs (approx 100g), tomato pasta sauce, steamed cauliflower, asparagus and zucchini.

Exercise:
Various weights machines, 10 minutes cycling, 15 minutes on the treadclimber.

Round two...

Well it has been almost 10 months since I've last posted on this blog. A lot has changed in my life since then, between new jobs and relationships it's been a very interesting time in my life. One think I can say for sure, is that losing the 10kg has given me such a wonderful sense of confidence and improved my self-esteem dramatically.

One thing that hasn't changed, for better or worse since I last posted, is my weight. On the one hand I'm very thankful that since losing 10kg last year - I have been able to maintain my weight for the past 10 months. Don't get me wrong - there have been a few ups and downs, but overall I don't think my weight has fluctuated more than 2 or 3 kg. On the other hand, I still haven't reached my goal.

Reading back on my final post here, I weighed in at 87kg. I can happily say that I've lost a couple more kg since that point in time and my stable weight seems to be around the 85kg mark.

Once again, I've decided to embark back on my weight loss journey towards a healthy BMI. I have to admit have a couple of big events coming up in my life - one of my closest friends is getting married (so I'm keen to make sure I look gorgeous at her wedding). The other event is something I think I'd rather keep to myself at this point in time.

So what on earth is my plan of action? Well firstly, I want to start blogging again. Last time around the act of blogging to keep track of my ups and downs was really therapeutic - even if only for me.

As far as the diet goes - I'm once again concentrating on what I eat and trying to exercise regularly.

For me personally - I think I need to break things down into really really small goals. As I've said, my weight has been pretty stable - with my lowest weight being around 84kg.

So for the time being, my goal is to get to 83kg. It's a figure I'm yet to see on my scales - but only a couple of kg from where I currently am (85.3kg). Oh well - here goes nothing.