13th November 2013
"If you don't like the way your world is, you change
it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a
time."
It may be November but it feels a little like January in my
meetings which I think means I’ve finally cracked it and my members realise
weight loss is for life not just for Christmas.
When I first became a leader my classes were very seasonal, people would
pile in January, Easter, September however over the years I’d like to take
credit for helping my members realise there is no quick fix, stop/starting
doesn’t work and once you get to goal you start another journey and so
yesterday my meeting talk was to a full room of happy, enthusiastic gorgeous
BeYOUtiful individuals, all doing their best to take care of themselves despite
everything that life throws at them and boy does it throw some stuff their
way! 3 lovely ladies achieved their goal
weights yesterday which is always something lovely to celebrate, because it
takes time to get there and a lot of self care.
The last two weeks I’ve been celebrating all success, I’ve taken photos
of those willing to have their photo taken to show we all have our own journey,
it’s about being your own kind of BeYOUtiful, realising your own Awesomeness
and Uniqueness because we all have it, I love all my members because they are
all amazing. Take Tracey for example,
she’s the mother of 
inclusive holiday where her mission was to
have anything and everything she wanted, she’d gained 6lb and was still within
her goal range – I think you’ll agree, that’s pretty damn amazing, she looks
fantastic in her holiday bikini shots!
Then there’s Julie and Vicky who became my members earlier this year
after years of yo-yo dieting, and together we agreed this was the last time and
they were with me forever even after they get to their goal, Vicky’s lost 18lb,
Julie 35lb both survived the 6 week holidays where they normally would have
taken a ‘diet break’ and gained, instead they maintained through the summer. Louisa goes on holiday this week, a Carribean
Cruise, wow can you imagine how much fun that’ll be – she joined me in January
after enjoying the same cruise followed by Christmas and since them she’s lost
5 stone, she said yesterday that she’ll be much more comfortable on the
aeroplane this year!
It’s never too late to make a difference, two ladies joined
last Tuesday morning and this week they’d both lost 6lb – WOW, what a fab start
and if they lose 1lb a week now till Christmas, they’ll be celebrating 11 or
12lb lighter, that’s much better than putting it off till January and gaining
half stone or more.
Yeah I’m a big believer in being aware of your behaviour,
not ignoring it and hoping a miracle will happen. All this weight loss success is just
fabulous, yet it’s members like the lady (I won’t say her name) in my facebook group
who posted “Not having a good day... Can't do this” now she is amazing, because that ‘stuff’
that life throw at you, well it’s been full force for her over the last few
years, but despite a lot of bad days, she’s still here, doing it, trying to
take care of herself because she knows deep down it’s important just like she
is. Then my other members in that group
who are there within minutes supporting her and spurring her own are just remarkable
too. We may be a Weight Watcher group of
members who keep in touch via a facebook group but I’d say it’s turned us into
a team that’s there to help each other succeed.
One great comment made on her
post was,
“You have to ask yourself
what is a bad day? Is there such a thing or is it just life? Find what the
trigger might be, then adjust how you deal with it. Also move more to gain some of the points
you've used up.”:-)
Yeah great point, are bad days just part of life, of course
they are so they’re not going to change so we have to change how we react to
them. What is a bad day anyway – it’s
different for everyone, I used to stress if I went over my ProPoints allowance,
now I smile to myself and silently say ‘oops’ and move on. I love myself, forgive myself and take care
of myself to the best of my ability – you can’t really do much more than that.
Have a great day knowing you are BeYOUtiful, eat gorgeous
and always take care of you.
Don’t stress it, I once read that stress is the result of
taking ourselves/life etc way too seriously, in a year, 5 years from today, how
much of this will really matter. Xx
Have a good day.
When you feel like quitting - remind yourself why you started (Left me in 2003 I wasn't a happy lady as you can see, now I may have gone from a size 20-12 but I've gained a smile which means so much more than the numbers xx )
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