20
June 2017
As
I began to love myself, my relationship with everyone changed.
Well
that was a warm one wasn't it! We've all had an unsettled night in
our house, poor Alfie kept moving around the floor in my bedroom to
find a cool bit, there wasn't a cool bit on my bed, I've got to have
sweat pounds off – I wish! I hadn't sweat any off yesterday, I got
a stayed the same on the scales – no shame in a maintain.
This
week I just got serious, I've bought myself a dress to wear to a
meeting next month and I really want that half stone off, I've done a
pound of it so far, so another 6 to go in just under 4 weeks. To do
that I've got to start being a 100% Weight Watcher not a, oh I'm
eating really good meals kind of Weight Watcher! It's not just the
meals that cause the damage, it's not tracking the milk in my tea,
pretending that extra glass of wine didn't happen, picking at moms
leftovers (yes it's not just kids that have leftovers), forgetting
how to say no, saying yes too often, it's the forgetting at the
weekend how important it was to stay on track after weigh day.
I
had a glass of wine left in a bottle from the weekend last night so I
weighed it and enjoyed it, I won't be having another glass now until
Saturday and then only if I have the spare Smart Points. I took my
fitbit out of my handbag at lunchtime yesterday and popped it back in
my pocket, then I went for a 45 minute walk on my own to earn some
FitPoints, I'd already walked Alfie on the morning and he'd been in
the mood so I easily hit my 10k steps yesterday. I ended the day on
31SP, that included the milk in my tea, the 3 dried apricots I'd
enjoyed as I passed mom the bag and the spoonful of mango sauce I put
on the side of my curry. Yep I tracked it all, 100% honestly! I
also drank a good few pints of water and ate fruit, I had apple,
satsuma and banana for breakfast, strawberries later and plenty of
salad and veg. See I can do it when I put my mind to it, I won't
lie, it is easier when the sunshines.
The
main thing I've done though is changed my thoughts, I have decided
I'm going to be happy, I'm not going to let my situation control how
my mind works, I will focus on the positives, the smile moments. I
think that realisation came when I laughed in the changing rooms on
Friday, just remembering how in years gone by that same situation
would have had me in tears and made me feel miserable but now it made
me giggle was proof that you can change your thoughts, change your
mindset and change the way you look at things and the way you behave.
It's all in your head and your the one in control of that!
I've
even ordered a skipping rope! Yep I'm going to have a go at skipping
for a few minutes a day, I can always wear a tena lady if needed :) I
don't just want to lose weight, I want to tone up a bit, I've noticed
my body had become middle-aged, my legs have always been quite strong
but I'm not as active as I was even 5 years ago, so they need toning,
I'm going to try and walk more and do the skipping thing. I'm also
going to have a look at the videos on the WW website,
https://www.weightwatchers.com/uk/m/cms/ww-fitness-videos
I wanna tone up my arms a bit, I opted for a dress with a sleeve
yesterday because of my arms, I don't want to feel the need to do
that.
Stone
by September, I haven't forgot, I have forgot the date of the area
meeting, but it's in my diary. Ah, it's the 16th, so now
I have how many weeks.... 12 weeks, come on I'm doing this!
In
two weeks you'll feel it,
In
four weeks you'll see it,
In
eight weeks you'll hear it.
I
wanna hear it, do you?
I
have a plan, I'm taking it one day at a time, I've got food in my
fridge and cupboards that will help me stay focused, I've not bought
the foods that won't. Mom's going to help me too, she doesn't know
it yet but I'm sure she'd like to lose a few pounds too, so together
this week, we are going to get our healthy on. I've had a look
through the new Chicken cookbook, when I have to get shopping I'm
going to get the ingredients to some of those meals, but first I'll
eat what's in the cupboards, 5 days to pay day and I went a little
crazy buying a dress in Sainsbury's then another dress, 2 pair of
shoes and a handbag, well I had a coupon didn't I!
On
that note, I may not be lighter yet but the one thing I am is in love
with myself, not in a conceited way, in a kind way and after sitting
in my meeting as a member yesterday and seeing others who haven't got
to that place yet, I'll keep this version of me over the thin still
not happy with myself version of 20+ years ago.
I
down loaded a memory journal yesterday, I would've bought the hard
copy but it was about £35 so I bought the PDF version for $8, better
bargain, one of the things it asks you to do every day is 'Write
something that happened today. Something you would like to remember.'
It then went on to explain
YOUR
DAILY MEMORY
Write
down something that you would like to remember. Something that made
YOUR day memorable. Feel no pressure here (every day can’t be
entirely awesome). One sentence is good enough. Did you have
something delicious for dinner? Met a friend for coffee? Did the sun
shine?
Writing
down a daily memory will not only provide your life with more
chronological landmarks (and give the perception of a longer, fuller
life) but also train your brain in focusing on the positive.
I'm
going to do this, I'm going to blog it and also put it on my timeline
each night, that way it'll come up in my 'on this day' in years to
come, it's important to focus on that positive stuff.
Right
I'm off, I need more water and a shower to cool me off, here's to
another 100% day, no 80/20 in my world this week.....
Yesterday's Daily Memory;
Coming home to find a friend had popped in to keep mom company, done my washing up & swept my kitchen floor 
& having another friend do her upmost to keep me motivated & on track via text for the last month 
😂 it's finally working xx
& having another friend do her upmost to keep me motivated & on track via text for the last month 😂 it's finally working xx
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