The 2024 Health Log

Every year, I put together a list of things I want to accomplish, and these always include goals related to weight and fitness. And, after 2-3 months I kinda stop focusing on them. I’m part of a several fitness WhatsApp groups to keep me on track but even with that I tend to veer off track.

This year, I decided to track my goals on this blog post and pin it on Twitter (X) to keep me on track. I have 3 mains goals:

• Weight: At the start of the year I weighed 85.7 kg and want to get to under 80 kg
• Alcohol: Curb my alcohol drinking (In 2023, I would drink beer probably twice a month)
• Sugar: Control the amount of sugar I consume
• Activity: Consistently get over 10,000 steps a day

As I was winding down the year in 2023, I found out I’m food intolerant to several things that have all of sudden made me lose weight as I type this out in February 2024. Some of the things I’m intolerant to:

• Cow Milk – highly intolerant
• Casein (cheese) – highly intolerant
• Oat – highly intolerant
• Almonds – avoidable
• Cranberry – avoidable
• Peas – avoidable
• Barley – very mild
• Wheat – very mild
• Peanuts – very mild
• Yeast – very mild

Which means some of things I absolutely LOVE are out: cafe lattes, pizza, cheese, beer, desserts, and chocolate. I’m still trying to get my bearings straight with what I can eat but basically in a matter of 5 weeks I have lost 2.5 kgs…which is not an idea situation to be.

June Update

• Weight: Start 84.0 kg, End 85.0 kg
• Alcohol: Not one drop
• Food: I now have a fitness trainer and I’m more conscious of the food I’m eating. More protein is what my trainer keeps on saying.
• Activity: The fitness trainer has made a big difference, I really should have hired someone years ago. Weight wise I’m about the same but I feel better and slightly slimmer (everyone says the fat is converted to muscle). On average over 8,558+ steps daily

May Update

• Weight: Start 83.3 kg, End 84.0 kg
• Alcohol: Not one drop
• Food: Completely eliminated milk and coconut and it looks like my food intolerance issues are gone
• Activity: On average over 8,510+ steps daily

April Update

• Weight: Start 83.0 kg, End 83.3 kg
• Alcohol: Not one drop
• Food: The weight on the scale looks good but definitely gained much more during the month and then lost it at the end…complete rollercoaster
• Activity: On average over 9,637+ steps daily

March Update

• Weight: Start 82.5 kg, End 83.0 kg
• Alcohol: Not one drop
• Food: Went on vacation and gained some weight
• Activity: On average over 9,764+ steps daily

February Update

• Weight: Start 82.8 kg, End 82.3 kg
• Alcohol: Not one drop
• Food: Still struggling with food that works for me, this seems like it will be a very long process to find out what works and in what quantity
• Activity: On average, over 11,900+ steps daily

January Update

• Weight: Start 85.7 kg, End 82.8 kg
• Alcohol: Not one drop
• Sugar: Since I can’t have desserts, sweets, or chocolate my intake has come down quite a bit
• Activity: On average, over 11,700+ steps daily