So here we go. The annual mid-September two weeks off work, which this year will be a mixture of vacation and staycation, all of which I'm looking forward to more than I could ever describe.
Unfortunately things haven't gone so well on the weight watching front. Comfort-eating my way through spring and summer has meant that I am now 16lbs heavier than when I reached my goal weight (and blogged about it on here) back in April 2011. Actually putting this down in black and white is pretty shocking, but then again I need to shock myself into taking action. So after my holiday I'm going to take the same approach which I did from November 2010-April 2011, which involved six months of exercise and very hard work, but which brought rewards = I dropped a dress size, felt fitter, happier and more confident.
But now my BMI is back up to 29, which means that I am officially overweight but teetering on the edge of the obese category. So that's it. Enough is enough. Time for a fresh start after my holiday.
In the meantime, the "fat clothes" are in the suitcase. It is a holiday after all, so I want to feel comfortable whilst leaving room for all that pasta, pizza and wine consumption in France, where the last time I looked, there were no fat people. But do you know what? I'm going to leave the hang-ups at home this time and relax and have fun.
The real challenge will come at home during the staycation-part of the fortnight, however there will be plenty of time to exercise and hopefully the 'holiday weight' won't stick around too long.
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