Does fat evaporate?
I've lost weight, although I don't know how, since I didn't go to the gym AT ALL in the entire month of December. Feeling totally exhausted every day was the perfect excuse to get out of it ;)
People have been telling me I've lost a bit of weight, at which I'd give them my [patented] sceptical look. I didn't believe them for a moment. But lo and behold, when I donned my jeans yesterday morning, to my shock, my belt deigned to slip in one extra hole!
Maybe it's the fact that I've been trying to cut down my expenditure on food, plus watch what & how much I eat. I have this very bad habit of eating fast food coz it's, well, fast, and convenient. Nothing like grabbing a McDonald's burger and then rushing off to wherever I need to be, munching in the car as I drive like a maniac. (I'm kidding about the "drive like a maniac" part... I think.) Food, to me, is just something you put inside yourself to stop your stomach from growling and to fend off that light-headed dizzy feeling. (And no, I'm NOT kidding about the "light-headed dizzy feeling" part. I hardly ever eat meals at proper mealtimes. Mostly I only eat when my body reminds me to.)
I've been trying to cut down on fast food consumption. I've cut french fries out of my diet completely, so even when I do patronise McDonald's, I don't order the fries. I've also tried to stop drinking soft drinks or carbonated drinks, coz they've got so much sugar in them -- which is exactly why I like them; I've got the most tremendous sweet tooth. But cutting them completely out of my life turned out to be a job for a stronger woman than I, so I've decided to just try drinking less of them than usual. Why is it that water costs more than soft drinks in most eating places?!
While we're talking about vices, I'm eating less chocolate, too. To totally stop eating chocolate would be to deprive myself of one of the small joys in life, and if I'm going start depriving myself of the small joys in life then what's the point of living, right? But I can tell you here and now that thinking "This is gonna make me fat" whenever I reach for a piece of chocolate helps lots with self-control ;)
Dad once told me that it's okay not to eat everything on my plate when I'm eating out, but unfortunately he & Mom drummed the Do Not Waste Rule into my head so effectively that most of the time I finish everything anyway, out of habit. ("Think of the starving children in Somalia!") In this case, Dad's reason for deviating from The Rule was that restaurants serve standard portions without regard for how much you usually eat, so you needn't feel like you have to finish everything if it's too much for you. I'm starting to train myself not to automatically finish everything on my plate when I eat out, so that I can reduce the size or portions of my meals.
Maybe my efforts to live a healthier lifestyle are making a difference after all, despite the fact that I didn't go to the gym at all in the entire month of December :D