You're doing great mate. The key is changing your lifestyle to something which you can maintain. Sugar, as you know, is your enemy but once you find your balance you'll be able to eat what you want (you won't even want some of the crap you ate previously) but in moderation. Load of water = essential. So says someone who's had kidney stones 4 times; 3 of those in the last 10 years since I moved to a relatively hot country.
I have generally been lucky enough to stay moderately slim (I'm tall so it doesn't show so much) but in recent months - ugh! So, my fitness freak wife persuaded me to start doing a short workout per day (25 mins) which she found on YouTube. It's awesome - for the first time in 25 years I've been exercising and enjoying it. I'll dig out a link for you - the guy who does it is hilarious. You may find it useful if you can't make it to the Gym one day. Best of luck - Andy.
Hey Andy! That would be awesome if you can send me the link. Always open to try something new and since somedays i run out of time it will benefit me greatly
It's true what you say about sugar. I really dont crave it as much as I did and I rarely miss eating all the junk I did. I must admit though. I need some sugar in my coffee in the morning just for the pick me up.
I have only heard kidney stones and the horrors they hold. Thanks for that. Will drink even more water today =) Thanks for giving this a read and appreciate the kind words. Send me that link when you get some time. Have a great day mate!
The sugar in the coffee can slowly go - for sure. In a previous life (Air Traffic Controller), coffee was a terrible habit for me. On a night shift, if someone walked past me whilst I was working and offered to bring a coffee back with them, I'd never say no. I went home one morning and figured out that I'd drank 18 coffees - AND HAD 18 SUGARS! I quit the sugar, hated coffee and didn't drink it for a couple of months. Now I can't touch it with sugar - unless it's an espresso, which we're given in every Italian house we step into.
Here's the link:
The humour does it for me - he's great. I've done it half a dozen times now and really enjoy it. In my life I've never, ever recommended a fitness video - lol, and I'll probably never recommend another :DI am at work now so just quickly flipped through it, look great though! You can see just by looking at him sweating this will work you hard! Nice! Thanks for this! Will watch it when I get home and try it out! Thanks a lot!
OMG that's way too much coffee. No wonder about kidney stones. I do about 3 cups a day but only my 1st one has sugar in it. Will slowly cut it out in time. Just need my something sweet in the morning .
Thanks a lot for this! Really appreciate it and your kind words! Will go check our your channel. I like following nice and helpful people =)