Time for another update to this blog!
So in my last blog entry just over a month ago, I noted that I had started dieting. It's been five to six weeks already since I started dieting. I started with the "shock" 3-day NTUC diet and lost about 2.5 kgs, then moved on to another diet that Aeris got from a book where it was a weekly thing.
I stuck to that diet for about a week, and then sort of just altered my eating habits. I'm not following the diet per se, but I am taking bits and pieces of it and the food suggestions and tryin to stick with them.
That particular diet suggests seven eating times a day: breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch, early afternoon snack, late afternoon snack, dinner and supper. Most of which are small portions, which means that I'd snacking throughout the day in an effort to not feel hungry.
As I said, I tried that diet for about a week and then decided that snacking isn't really for me (even though the snacks are well rounded and balanced), plus I had a lot of weight to lose anyway, so I decided to just go with the three main meals, and if I did feel hungry, I'd either drink a couple of glasses of water until I felt full or I'd eat something healthy.
My diet has changed quite significantly. It's no longer junk food or very oily and fatty foods. Yes, on the odd occasion I might eat something a bit fattier than normal (say, a pizza or crisps/nachos), but I'd go the rest of the day eating healthy things or having a well balanced diet with my food intake.
So now I'm eating heaps more fruits and more vegetables. I'm eating healthy breakfast items like Weetbix. I keep a couple of muesli bars and yoghurt at work too which I can sometimes eat for lunch. And that sandwich diet for lunch? It kinda works if I'm having healthy foods (and less food intake) over the course of a day.
I also started walking regularly; walked the 3km around Gardiner's Creek in the morning when I got to work and then I'd also try to come home and walk 2.4km along Mullum Mullum Creek. The exercise hasn't gone so well...while I kept it up for the first three to four weeks, lately I've been slacking and haven't done all that much exercise. It's kind of related to my new job (which I'll get to in a moment) where I come home late now so can't do evening exercise, and I treasure those extra minutes of sleep so I'm not motivated to get up earlier to go to uni and take a walk around the creek at work.
But it all adds up someway and somehow and in this period of time, I've lost 7+ kgs. I'm even lighter now than when I first met Aeris way back in 2003 (though one might say I don't really look all that much thinner, perhaps just a tad)! It was a bit difficult to start off with because I felt hungry all the time, but now I think I'm used to it. Plus, if I get hungry, I can always drink water or eat some fruits...I usually have an apple or pear with me at work.
It really hit home today how much weight I've lost in such a short period of time (without the crazy exercise regime the Army put me through...even then I don't think I lost weight so quickly compared to recently!) when I went to Forest Hill for a haircut.
My wedding ring has felt pretty loose on my ring finger in the past couple of weeks, but it always stayed on previously. Today, while I was walking in Forest Hill towards the barber, the ring just spontaneously slipped off my finger and took a couple of bounces on the floor! I ran after it to pick it up and felt quite foolish, because this old lady was staring at me as if I had delibately thrown my ring to the floor!
So I've switched back to the simple engagement ring that I had been wearing prior to us getting married in late 2009. It's a little better, but it is still loose. No telling when it will spontaneously slip off too...not quite sure what I will do then.
Last time I blogged, I mentioned that I could have a new job without needing to interview for it. Well, I got that job! Waited a week without hearing anything, then it was the Australila Day holiday on Wednesday 26 January. When I came back to work on Thursday, I found out checking my email that Human Resources had approved the secondment without me needing to interview for the position...this approval had come through late on Tuesday after I had left work!
Trouble was, I was supposed to start on Monday 31 January! So that effectively left me two full working days to let it sink in, and to let people know that I was leaving that office for at least a year. Half the office knew from me having chatted to my colleagues already, and I was fairly confident it was going to happen, though I never expected that I had to start so soon!
So today actually marks the start of the fourth week as the Executive Assistant to the Dean. The first two weeks were a struggle, as I tried to get used to working differently, plus learning all the new things that I had either very little experience with or no experience with. But last week I think I managed really well and I'm now getting used to this job.
I do miss wearing my jeans and it took me a while to get used to office wear (shirt and pants) again. But hey, I'm in a good place in my life right now and things are looking up! That's what counts eh?
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I myself was an abused wife. My husband at the time would hit me and tell me if I had not made him mad it would not have happened. He broke my ribs,bruised me, locked me in closets, put me down in front of others, called me names and told me no one else would want me because I was worth nothing. He refused to let me cook, clean or do anything. Be cause he said I was not smart enough. This also happened in front of my sons. The beatings got worse so I had to leave. Now my life is better. I am going to collage and in a good relationship. My advice to you is to leave and get help repairing your self esteem. I can tell you from experience that it takes a long time but in the end it is worth it. You are worth more than letting a man beat you. If you stay it will never get any better no matter what he promises you. It is not your fault for what he is doing. I always thought it was my fault but learned through therapy it was not. He needs help for his problem. Unless he helps himself you cannot help him. I know it is painful to think of a life on your own but it gets better. The love of friends and family can help you. Good luck.
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