The difficulties of losing weight

After enduring 3 1/2 weeks of daily jogging, my weight had dropped from 96kg -> 89.5-90kg. The final target is 74kg, where I won't be overweight anymore. It's a long way to go, but I'll get there, eventually.

It's almost been a month, so I thought I'd document the trials and difficulties I encountered...

1) Dragging your ass to the daily exercise regime.
This part is tough no matter how used I get to it. I will always be too lazy to go out for my daily 150 sit-ups + 3.2km jog, and every single day, I'll think about skipping it. It's a good thing I haven't succumbed to temptation though. I've even almost dropped the routine several times due to flu and backaches. However, the routine gave me a new mindset: If I were to skip a jog, I would feel a sense of unfinished business and guilt, so much that it would rob me of my sleep. That's what kept me going.

2) Denying myself the high calorie food
It's no secret that I'm a big eater. All my friends and family know that. Even in weight loss, that's a fact. However, I've been substituting my in-between meal snacks with apples and oranges. As I have a slightly high blood cholesterol, vitamin C in both of the fruits will help lower the blood cholesterol. Furthermore, they are high in dietary fibre, which aids in digestion. Another tip I used is to drink more water instead of soft drinks. It gives me a false sense of being full, and zero calories are input to my body. Besides, it also cleanses my body, as I have read in several websites for tips. Whenever I eat anything remotely high calorie, I would berate myself for the next few hours, sometimes till the next day. Another thing that sometimes takes away my sleep due to conscience.

3) Confidence
This one is a mental problem. You see, after 3 weeks of losing some weight, my mass suddenly became very constant. It doesn't go up, but the bad thing is, it doesn't go down. I've been told by family and friends not to be impatient, as fast weight loss is unhealthy, and results aren't supposed to come fast. Thing is, to me, when there are no results, I feel like my efforts aren't working out, and they affect me, sometimes making me want to give up. It's a good thing I still have my common sense about, telling me that as soon as I dropped all my routines, I'll go back to becoming fatter again.

Above are the problems I faced, and it's a good thing I have solutions right now for them. The encouragement given to me by family and friends were really great. Whenever I hear a "You've lost weight!", it gives me more reasons to run daily and keep to a healthy routine. Thank you, all of you.

Now then, I still have a lot of weight to lose, but I won't give up so easily. Even if there are little or no results, I'm going to go on, no matter what, as health is always important.