The “Lose Weight or Die Trying” Project Day 4- Progress 

Day 4 report… and ladies and gentlemen, we are still alive. 🎉

First things first, I must confess that I am definitely more energized than I was on Day 1. On Day 1 I was moving like a government file from one desk to another… slowly, painfully, and with plenty of unnecessary stops. But now? There is a small spring in my step thanks to the daily 40–60 minute workouts. Small spring o… let’s not exaggerate before my body hears and starts complaining again.

I must also proudly announce that I now have a thigh gap. Okay… let’s be honest… it appears with a little assistance when I stand legs akimbo like a village chief giving a speech. But still… progress is progress. Soon the thigh gap will appear without supervision. Tee hee hee.

Now let’s talk about Day 3, because yesterday tried to test my destiny.

Hunger was knocking on my stomach door like a tax collector. So I had to take emergency measures. I went out and bought every variety of fruit I could find .....I'm exaggerating a bit but I got some apples, bananas, oranges, mangoes, pears,…. basically if it grew on a tree, I brought it home. The strategy is simple: when hunger strikes, I reach for fruit instead of desperately gulping water like someone trying to pass an exam by drinking water for inspiration.

However… I must also confess something.

Yesterday I stole about five pieces of my son’s cheese crackers. Now technically it may not be stealing because I am the one that bought the crackers, but the way I was eating them quietly and looking left and right… it definitely felt like stealing. Who really was I hiding from... Anyway,  mothers will understand. 😭

There isn’t much new to report today except one exciting thing….I checked my weight and I have lost precisely 2.65kg since starting 4 days ago at 80.45kg.

Now before we start celebrating with trumpets, I know it is probably mostly water weight, but please allow me to enjoy this small victory in peace.

The real excitement will be the end of Week-1 weigh-in, which is coming soon, BGG. ....

(BGG means By the Grace of God or God willing- this was coined by my sisters and I, just so you know).

Anyway going back to basking in my weight loss progress, I have been thinking… my dear readers, supporters, observers, and silent food temptations… I feel like you should start contributing towards a congratulatory prize if I reach my goal of 60kg by July 31, 2026. Keep this thought in your breast pockets to cash out when the time comes. (Rocking in my chair while smiling sheepishly).

I meaaaannnn motivation is important in life nau.

If athletes get medals, surely a woman surviving fruit, discipline, and occasional cracker theft deserves something. Please start planning accordingly.

For now, we march on.

As someone wisely said: “Small progress every day eventually leads to big results. Just keep showing up.” I can testify to this and my close pals will also confirm this too.

So I pledge to keep showing up… one fruit, one workout, and one suspiciously missing cracker at a time.

Till my next post...See ya BGG. 😄