Coping with weight gain
May 9th, 2008
How you handle challenges in life can really impact how you cope with weight gain.
As you may have read from one of my earlier posts, we have been busy entertaining family from overseas. I mentioned that it is really hard trying to stay on course with your health and wellbeing goals during vacations and for me, that has become a reality.
Our visitors have since returned home and we are now settling back into our normal routine including diet, exercise and daily routines.
So this morning I stepped on the scales. I’ve put on almost 2 kg or roughly 4.4 pounds. Not really bad but not really good!
I could have gone one of two ways in dealing with this news.
The first and probably the one that most can relate to is diet. It seems to me that people who take this path really do struggle to maintain their weight long term. You put weight on, self loathing follows, you diet, feel good when you lose the weight for a short while, fall back into bad habits and the cycle starts over.
The second is to take it in, set a plan to manage your food and exercise. Let’s face it, most people are going to have times in their life where weight gain is an issue. The trick as far as I can tell is to know when to stop and take stock of where you might be heading if you don’t stop.
In my case, I knew I was probably going to gain a kilo or two over my vacation. I set limits on what I consumed on a daily basis but certainly still enjoyed my food and wine. But I knew that I had to keep a check on myself and that once the vacation was over that I needed to get back to my routine straight away and focus on maintaining my weight.
I am 36 years old and have never had a weight problem. Every so often my weight fluctuates but it’s never been drastic.
I’ll report back in to let you know how I go with getting back to my regular weight.
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