For most of my life I have battled with my weight, trying various avenues to reduce my weight, with varying levels of success. Right now I am overweight, no getting around it – my husband says I’m not fat, just ‘chubby’. Any way you look at it, I could do with shedding a few kilos.
My dilemma is this. I know that with this condition part of it is weight loss and a challenge to keep weight on. I saw it with both my parents. Psychologically, I have an internal battle with myself in that I don’t want to be ‘chubby’ but also wonder if I should be overly concerned with registering higher than is ideal when I hop on the scales? Should I keep some ‘condition’ as it were, to give me a bit of a head start for if/when Parkies decides it’s time to lose weight?
I am trying for the most part to eat healthy. I am not constantly gorging on fatty foods. I’ve bought an airfryer oven, so that I am using less fat to cook food and trying in this way to reduce my intake. I try to eat more vegetables and fruit on a daily basis. But, I do admit to weekends when I enjoy an alcoholic drink or two and the odd donut (my favourite) or other sweet treat.
So, I don’t have the answer to my dilemma at this stage, so will continue to wage this inner war with myself. To lose or not to lose, that is the question!?
My journey with Parkinsons 