The First Commandment of Weight Loss

Spurned by the beautiful dresses at the boutiques, with my heart still scarred by my own reflection in the dressing rooms, once again, I embark on the fight against flab. 

For the glory of health, and the health of my self-esteem! May God help me!

And yes, indeed, on reflection, God has helped me and given me lots of gifts to help me win this war. Gifts that I had neglected and cast aside. My yoga mat (actually there were two, husband couldn't remember where he kept the first one, and in the end I bought a second one that was used perhaps... twice?), weights, slimming belt, running shoes... and an aerobics class membership that has expired long ago. Not forgetting, the beautiful park just behind my flat. 

View of park behind my flat, shot taken from kitchen window.

Middle Age Wisdom spoke to me and said, "Thou shalt not procure any products, machines, gadgets, devices in the name of weight loss!"

Indeed, come to think of it, there was even a cross training exercise machine that I left at my mother's house and eventually ended up permanently at a relative's house. 

Much resources had been invested over the years, though in the past, it was more for the sake of keeping fit than keeping trim.

Thus, I decided to cast in stone, my First Commandment of Weight Loss as spoken by Middle Age Wisdom:

Thou shalt not procure any products, machines, gadgets, devices in the name of weight loss

And so, I am going to rely on my yoga mat, weights and the folks at online fitness videos to be my personal trainers at no charge. So far, in the last three days, I've done three workouts, starting with the least demanding ones. Perhaps, by starting this blog and telling the world, I might somehow persist long enough to produce some results!

Oh yes, there's also this tasty apple slices and cinnamon drink that might hopefully be a sweet and possibly trusty aide in my quest. Not sure how true the Internet stories and testimonies are but well, since apple and cinnamon are stuff that we can put into our bodies, I reckon they are more reliable than diet teas and formulas for weight loss.

Let's toast with a water tumbler of apple cinnamon water, saying cheers to hope for a trimmer Middle Aged Girl!