Sugar has been messing with me. There may be such a thing as a one year itch.

Today marks one year since I started my diet/lifestyle change. My weight has been down as low as 81.5 kg (179.68 lbs) but lately has been up around 85 kg (187.4 lbs). My goal has been to stay around 83 kg, which means I’m a bit over where I want to be. That said, this is down from my original 98 kg (216.05 lbs) and I’ve not been racing to get back there.

I’ve experimented with adding more carbs and more sugar back in the diet and that’s been a mistake. The weight gain hasn’t been a problem, but I can feel the physical and mental changes of having too much sugar roaming around my system. My energy levels are up and down and I sense there have been some personality changes (irritability and temper mixed with distraction).

This has messed with my sleep pattern which doesn’t help my mental state or my weight.

It hasn’t helped that I’ve been slacking on doing the daily exercise, especially since I’m not making the daily 5 kilometer (3 mile) walk to and from the school where I work. That has also made a big difference in temperament.

I’ve kept up the food journal, but have been slacking on that, too, by writing what I eat but not recording how much.

It may just be the arrival of the anniversary which has been making me think about all this more. We’ll see how I’m doing next year, though, just to be sure.