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.
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
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