9th November
2011
Mid week already, a
super fast week in my world anyway, another fabulous day, two more members to
goal, well done ladies, and 185lb lost in my meetings, so it may be a dull and
drab November but my members are still managing to brighten it up by staying on
track and losing pounds, yep they’re certainly managing to make my scales
smile!
I’m doing my best to
stay on track, struggling a little because I’m already in holiday mode in my
head even though it’s still 9 sleeps away :-) so I’ve got to hold it
together. I’m also trying to get
everything sorted, so I’m really busy and not spending much time thinking about
food or cooking. I didn’t do too bad yesterday
had faggots and roast veggie again because I’d made a spare from the day
before, breakfast was a bit rubbish, 2 wholemeal pitta breads toasted with
phili light – they were about to go stale so needed to be eaten, same with my
tea cottage cheese on a jacket, the cottage cheese needs using. I’m being economical this week, I don’t want
to shop unless I have to, I need spending money for my holiday!
I’m not going to stop trying to stay on track though, the next
ten days is all about damage limitation, sticking to it as best as I can before
I go away, if I do not lose weight before New York I will not see it as a
failure, I will see it as delaying my success till I get back!
By the very nature of being human we cannot help but fail. And
when we do fail, if we're not careful we can allow the wounds to cut so deeply
into our sub conscious that we begin to think - I am a failure. We might start to make
safe choices, to settle for less than we really want and that’s not good.
What would it be like if we decide to cast failure in a
different light, to take it out of the darkness of shame and guilt, to remove
the feeling of 'disaster' associated with it, to look for what it tells us
about our well-being and our conduct in life? What enormous amounts of energy
would be freed up? And for what?
I’ve always tried
to see failure as practicing for future success! Many a transformation
has had failure at its root, I’ve had numerous members join my meeting more
than once and then suddenly it just clicks and they achieve their goal weight
and are now proud gold members, hell I’m one of them, it took me almost 20
years to finally understand what needed to happen for me not to put my weight
back on after losing it. Author Suzanne Falter-Barns says, 'There really is no
such thing as failure. There is only the rearrangement of plans and the
surrender of ego. There is only the twist in the road we never expect', then
there’s Richard Branson was has famously stated that his incredible success is
partly due to his many failures.
So wherever your heads at with your weight loss journey at the
moment remember maintaining your health is a life long journey, you will be at
a different stage all the time, losing the weight is just one step, keeping it
off is another. Then there are the
stages where you will have gains such as holidays and other times, I know I
shall more than likely gain whilst in New York and I’m ok with that, I’ve already
planned to get straight back on it as soon as I get back and try and lose a few
before I go away at Christmas again.
Running will help with my plans I hope, that’s why I started it,
luckily I now actually enjoy it too, I think mainly because when I’m running, I
actually feel fit, strong and healthy which can only put you in a positive
frame of mind. I feel like I’m doing
something productive towards maintaining my health. I was gutted yesterday because my foot was
really hurting and I thought it would stop me running again this week, luckily
it feels much better today so I shall do 5k later. I can’t believe how easily 5k rolls off my
tongue now when only 3 months ago I was struggling with 5 yards! Just shows you can do anything you put your
mind too with persistence and patience.
Well that’s me feeling all positive this morning after writing
that, you know keeping a diary (blog) really helps motivate me every morning because
it makes me think about my life and what I’m doing.
Hope you have a fabulous day, I intend to. xx
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