Moving Forward and Thankyous
Dear buddies,
These past few weeks have been difficult. I feel so ready to lose this weight but it seems anytime I come across some cake, chocolate or crips I just eat it for the sake of it. Things have GOT to change. I missed my weigh in a couple of weeks ago and last thursday at the next weigh in I had put on 2lbs. Thankfully I managed to just steer clear of moving back into the 16stone region by half a pound (though I didn’t eat dinner before like usual lol). Now another week has passed and my weigh-in is tonight and once again I am concerned as to what the result may be.
I don’t know if some of you have heard of him but there is this fabalicious stylist called Gok Wan, he has a couple of tv shows and I love him lol! I have read a couple of interviews of his recently and found out that when he reached 20 he was 21 stone (294lbs) but now he is really slim. The last interview I read he was saying that it was literally an overnight decision for him to lose the weight, and that there was no big click that made him do it. That is exactly what I think my problem is. I think I have been waiting for this huge force of motivation to come to me almost because I think that is the only way this experience will be rewarding, but as I am writing this I am thinking actually it takes more effort and courage to battle through these tough times and remind yourself constantly why you are doing this than just waiting around for something to click.
So I was thinking yesterday of the new things I need to do to make sure I get on with this.
- Blogs EVERY day to report on how my day went
- Blogs in the day if I am finding it hard to keep away from food and to remind myself why I am doing this
- Stick to my points allowance everyday unless it is a special occassion and work hard to pull back the points on other days to compensate
- Do 3 exercise sessions per week
- Allow 1 treat food per day instead of my usual 2-3 (or 1000 lately lol)
- Try a different weight watchers recipe each week
- Keep buying the weekly fashion mag I love “Look” so I can be more inspired by the lovely clothes I can go out and buy as I get slimmer AND read Gok’s column lol to see his advice on dressing for your clothes size including us bigger ladies so I can feel better about myself even at this stage
I am writing to you to thank you for all your ongoing support cuz really this site was always a huge factor in my success and it has been recently where I haven’t had that contact with you guys that I have been letting myself down.
So I will blog tonight as planned to let you know how my weigh in went and my aims for next week.
I love you guys, thanks for taking the time to read this.
Best wishes to you all,
Lou x
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Lou I’m so glad you decided to hang in there. I get demotivated if the weight isn’t visibly shifting quick enough, but with buddyslim am managing to keep going (slowly). Gok Wan is fabulous - I want to adopt him!! Lol. Could you imagine how motivated you’d be if he was around everyday!! I look forward to your blogs.
((((((((((Lou))))))))
I haven’t been around here much lately so I’m a little behind with everyone, but I love your attitude and your tenacity. As long as you never EVER EVERRRRRRRRRR give up, you WILL keep making progress. Don’t let any setbacks TAKE you back, k? Let them be building blocks and lessons learned and knowledge gained and this will lead you to success.
Big HUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGS,
Shan
Hey girl, was wondering where you’ve been. Glad you checked in. Keep on blogging so we can lift you up when you are down and cheer you on. This is a hard process but it is much more bearable with support.
It looks like you have a plan set now for helping yourself out. Only one little note..is the cake and stuff in your house..if your in a position to do so…get it out. I know that if i want something like that..I have to drive to town & its not worth the effort to get ready and go get it. lol. I am not real big on plannng things out, but if i know i’m facing something…a birthday party for example….I already have it in my mind to stay away from the cake and stuff…I concentrate on something else…this last time it was taking pictures. I hope a little of this will help you. I ran across a graphic last night…that has become my motto for losing weight this time: convince your mind, and you can change your life. Stay strong…your on the right track. Good luck.
Glad to see you blogging again. It does take a lot of effort to keep going but believe me it will be worth it. If you can do it now you can look back in 10 years time and it will all seem like a dream rather than being 10 years down the line with all the more to lose!
im gladd you are still trying to keep at it its a hard because its going to be a life long battle and that can be overwhelming but you just take it one day and one meal and one workout at the time
you can do it lou