The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

Alright, here we go, the step one of this journey was among others things, to start this blog.

A guess its all about social pressure or most probably, another way to self pressure myself, to reach my objective: get fit !

How many people are writing about this ? Probably millions. And this blog, is not different. It’s just another blog!

And like millions of us, I have good reasons to start this journey: Health, Time and .. a Lie

Health

I’m weighting 119.2kg for 1m76. That was fine for years, I mean, no health complications, until the diabetes surfaced, roughly 10 years ago.

I went on insuline, got it controlled, and then, dropped few kg until my sugar level stayed between 6 and 9 mmol/L, without any meds. And I forgot about my health condition.

Last years December, I noticed my ankle swollen, and my left arm started to get numb, down to my fingers. My vision became more blurry and I changed my reading glass from 2.0 dpt to +3.0 dpt. Obviously, something went wrong, and I knew who the culprit could be. So I bought a kit to measure my blood sugar: 29 mmol/L.

I’m not a doc, but seems its quite high. And the higher and the longer it is high, the higher the risks of serious complications and organs damage.

But I’m just back to Europe, after 6 years in a row spent in South Africa. And here in Switzerland, there are no GP that I know. And meet one can take weeks. So I tried my luck at the pharmacy, and incredibly, at least in Switzerland, the pharmacist accepted to give me 2 months supply of Metformin 1000mg. No one should never get meds without a prescription I guess, as it can be super dangerous. But I’m a responsible guy, I will monitor my blood sugar, and so, I left the pharmacy with my meds.

One month later, my blood sugar felt in a 8 – 12 mmol/L range. The meds worked, but that’s just a quick fix: it won’t solve the cause.
I heard people getting ride of their high blood sugar levels just by dropping few kg and adopting a new healthy lifestyle. And that’s the fix I’m looking for. Still, beside few long and lazy walks since late Dec 2019 on week-ends, nothing outstanding. But this is about to change..

Time

I’m so lucky at the end. My contract was short, just 3 months. And it ended this week. My next job will start on March 2nd, and I find myself with suddenly almost 5 weeks in front of me, free to do what I want. And what I want is: drop fat! Exercise, eat healthy and start this journey. It’s now or never. 5 weeks in a row, can’t remember if it already happened. As many says, I can, I want so I will do it and win it. No excuses. And after all, beside health issues and time to work on it, I have another good reason to start this journey..

Lie

I left South Africa late October 2019. It wasn’t plan, but it happened. And behind me, I left my girlfriend that I was dating for 3 years. We have got up and down, but we still dating, despite the distance now between us. On WhatsApp, she sometime mentioned that I should lose weight. Not that she never told me that before, but it seems that it is something that matter to her. Maybe to avoid long chat, a fight or just because I wanted too, I ended up promising her that I will take care my health and drop as many kg as needed to get fit and slim. The problem with promises, is that at the moment they are thrown, expectations begin. That was last November. December came, and the predictable check came: Are you losing weight? Yes I did. But the truth is, that I gained 3 kg..

Fortunately, our initial plans for her to visit me during Festives was cancelled, last minute. So she haven’t get a chance to see my progress: for her the few kg I dropped, for me, the 3kg I gained. But I wasn’t proud: I lied to her, and I didn’t like it at all. It’s not me. While this journey is for me, I want now to transform a lie into a truth. Not for the sake of love, but for the sake of being honest, what I believe to always be.

One day, one of my ex told me: don’t worry about your belly. If a woman love you, she will love you as you are. And I believe in that. As it is still in my mind after 10 years. That’s why I don’t put love as a reason for me to start this journey. Beside the fact that being overweight is really not healthy, physically and emotionally wise.

Someone else also told me one day: You are still not losing weight? I’m not. What a waste! You would look so handsome..
Alright. Until now, appearance was never my priority. Maybe I even never have care about it. But today, I honestly would like to meet the guy she was talking about..

Anyway, so today is the D day. That kind of day that if it is failed, it will never happen.