In the end, it was my love of sleep and plain old vanity that made me want to change. I hated how old and puffy my face looked. I also didn't like the way my body was looking, I'm not ready to give up yet, I want to wear a bikini one day, if I ever get to go on holiday again, I don't want to have to settle for stretchy pants as the norm because I can't find anything I like to wear that is comfortable.
Having a glass of wine after a stressful day at work is not only a habit, but a ritual, a comfort, a fake de-stressor because we all know that alcohol actually stresses the body, even though we tell ourselves that it helps us to relax and helps us to sleep... it doesn't.
I finally realised that it's the ritual that I love more than the wine. I have, after some bloody awful taste testing, found an alcohol free wine, which is palatable, nice in fact, which I can have chilling in the fridge, waiting for me to return from work and to pour, like a soothing nectar, into a beautiful wine glass to enjoy with dinner. I'm also sleeping like a baby and after a couple of weeks of this, I look ten years younger and ten pounds lighter, I'm not kidding.
To help me concentrate my mind, I've indulged in a Fitbit, other tracking gadgets are available but I've considered the purchase for a good few months and I eventually went for the Fitbit One, which I love. I am already signed up to Myfitnesspal which can be synced to my Fitbit, so the Fitbit automatically tracks my calorie intake, the number of steps I've taken, any activity undertaken and most importantly, tracks my sleep. It's fascinating. Fascinating how shocking my sleep pattern is.
Have to say, I'm a little obsessed but it has focused my mind so much and has really helped me to hone in on the calories in v calories out scenario. If I have ten minutes to spare in the morning before work, I'll walk a few blocks instead of just rolling up to my desk a little early. In work, I have to go up two escalators to get to the lobby, if one escalator is jammed, I'll go to the free one so that I can walk up it. I try my hardest to get out on my lunch for a walk to get in my steps, I choose to be more mindful with my eating. It really is amazing how it alters your thinking but I've always been most competitive, with myself.
It's not all about vanity, we only get one body in this life, I maintain my car, my home, I'd be foolish not to attempt to maintain my body wouldn't I?
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