“Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive
everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest.” Sri
Chinmoy
Yep it
sure is difficult and anyone who says it isn’t is either new to the game or
really has a different mindset to the majority of people.
Sometimes
when you’re lucky, you just get in the mindset where it all clicks into place
and you’re on a roll, the weights coming off week by week, you’re enjoying your
new and different interest in healthy eating and you find ways of eating out
and socialising that doesn’t stop you losing weight.
Other
times you feel like every social occasion is a battle, in what you feel is a never-ending
war!
Monday to
Thursday you manage, you stay on track and you earn some activity ProPoints
then BAM it’s here, it arrived sooner than you were expecting and knocked you
off your feet with a sucker punch, yes it’s Friday and you have plans. You really want to have a good time and at
the moment for you that seems to involve food and/or alcohol.
See I
know, I’ve been there, sooooooooooo many times, I love eating, I love living, I
love socialising and I find losing weight at times the hardest thing in the
world and other times the easiest.
These
days, I ride the storm so to speak, if I do find myself struggling, I just keep
my head down and do my best whilst getting support from my members and
friends. When I’m finding it easy, I
enjoy the ride.
I used to
think it was more difficult when I was younger, because then you really want to
party and that usually involves alcohol followed by curry! Well it used to anyway, but as you get older
you’ve actually got more money so you can afford more! Nightmare ;)
So are we
all doomed to fail?
No, I’ve managed
to keep my weight under control for coming up to 8 years now, yes I fluctuate
some but I’ve always stayed a good 2 stone away from my heaviest weight, and I
have a tip over point that if I get to it, I suddenly find myself IN THE ZONE!
HOW? Well
that’s what you find out in a meeting, that’s why Weight Watchers works, because
we share our ideas, thoughts, feelings and experiences and we all learn from
each other.
The one
tip I would share with you here though is the one constant you always need and that's a
whole lot of self-love. Don’t beat
yourself up for struggling, don’t call yourself names for not looking the way
you wish you did. Instead give yourself
lots of positive thoughts and treat yourself well. Find ways to take care of you that doesn’t
involve cake!
Have a
good day, remember you’re worth all this effort because you’re the most
important person on this planet. xx
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