12th February 2015
When it rains look for rainbows, when it's dark look for
stars.
Yesterday was a good food day, I made time to go and get a
bit of shopping, lots of green in my trolley and I had 3 healthy, well balanced
meals, it looked like this;
Breakfast - porridge & kiwi fruit (5pp)
Lunch - Salmon salad (8pp)
Afternoon snack - Weight Watchers new Salt & Vinegar
bakes & a banana (2pp)
Tea - Chicken Korma Weight Watchers ready meal (9pp) bread & spread (6pp)
Did I need the bread, probably not, did I eat it just
because it was there, more than likely, however it's a huge improvement on
previous days and I can improve even more today.
I also bought some stir fry veggies from Asda, 3 for £3,
they're perfect for a quick meal and that'll get me through today and
tomorrow. Got me another WW ready meal,
Chicken Jambalaya which I fancy trying too, this weekend once I've done my
Saturday meeting will be all about getting myself and my house sorted. I need some order back in my life and I can
feel a ruthless spring clean coming on, slightly early for spring but that's a
good thing I'm sure.
There appears to be two very different 'camps' in my
meetings at the moment, those that are absolutely flying with their weight
loss, another 136lb lost yesterday, which is 231lb this week and that's just
fabulous, however there are quite a few of us struggling with the 'desire' to
want to do it I think and that's hard.
Don't get me wrong we all 'want' to lose weight but actually 'doing it'
seems to be where we're struggling, the 'want' just isn't strong enough at
all. Why? Well who knows, if I had those answers I'd be
a guru. I know the time of the year and weather
definitely plays a part, bad habits can creep back in, life events might be
relevant, oh so many reasons and factors.
When I feel like this, I don't give in totally, I do what I
can, when I can and I suggest the same to my members. What one thing do you know you can do this
week that would help, you can even ask yourself that question each morning or
at each mealtime, "what can I do right now to help myself with my weight
loss journey". The truth is no one
is ever going to be "in the zone" 100% of the time for the rest of
their lives and if you can handle and get through those times when it's just
not important enough in your own mind to focus on your weight loss and your
eating habits then you've sussed it.
Yeah really, think about it, it's easy to lose weight when
you're on it like a car bonnet and in the zone, when you're head is just in the
right place and all is going well in your world. But to be able to maintain or limit the
damage when you aren't any of those things is pretty awesome, for you not to go
into food free-fall, or sod it mode when you feel deflated by events in your
life, or are stressed out, then that's when the true success of all your
previous hard work shines through.
Yeah most of us would find it easier to focus when we've got
an event to look forward to like a holiday or a wedding, but how easy is it to
stay focused when there's nothing around the corner to look forward to other
than another month at work and maybe Sunday lunch out.
Normality is the true test, if you can stay on track and
make it through the everyday normalness of life without continually gaining
weight week in, week out, you've finally started to make permanent 'forever'
changes. Remember successful weight loss
is a lifetime thing, not just a "for my holidays" or "for a
wedding" kind of thing.
So can you sit there and be proud of yourself for still
being in the game? I'm proud to say I
can and boy is it one tough but rewarding game, yeah the game of life is one
that you've got to learn to enjoy playing even when it gets tough, heck chess
is tough but some people enjoy the challenge, let's see the tough times as a
testing game that we know we can win.
So whether your Thursday is going to be a testing on or a
triumphant one, accept the challenge, know you can make it through and that it
isn't just about weight loss, it's about constantly adapting to your
circumstances and situations and making changes where necessary.
You're BeYOUtiful and that's all that really matters. xx
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