Friday 21st March 2014
If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest
of our lives – start now!
Yesterday was emotional, there were lots of tears in my
meeting; some were personal conversations shared at the scales with not so
happy tears, the positive there is that they had someone to confide in and a
room full of wonderful people to help lift them back up. Then there was Ann who I’ve called AnnMarie
for a year because that’s what she wrote on her card and it’s her facebook name
but apparently she prefers Ann ;-), so Ann it is although in my head she’ll
always be AnnMarie ‘-)
Anyway let me tell you about AnnMarie, she got to goal
yesterday having lost 66.5lb in a week short of a year, in that year we’ve
shared the highs and the lows, the weight loss successes and the non scales
victories and in yesterday’s meeting we all got to share her success and joy as
well as her touching emotional story, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house and
that’s what makes Weight Watchers such a success, the members – they care about
each other and they share their journeys.
She came back on the evening and bought me some flowers and
a lovely gift, a cartoon photo of mom, me and Alfie, and it’s lovely, mom loved
it too – where trying to decide where to put it, thinking maybe the kitchen because
we spend most of our time in there.
It wasn’t only Ann celebrating thought, Julie joined 4 weeks
ago and has lot 11.5lb and 5% of her weight, yesterday she’d bought in to show
me the denim removed from her jeans so that they would fit her – what a
fantastic non scales victory.
Katrina was beaming having lost 6.5lb in one week and
Angela loves Weight Watchers because she’s 19lb lighter and
still enjoys a KFC every week!
Julie has been giving Simple Start a try and has lost 12.5lb
in 3 weeks; she says it doesn’t feel like any hardship at all, she’s really
enjoying it.
Sarah picked up her 50lb certificate, I love what she said
on facebook, “Thanks all it’s taken me 2 years but
slow n steady wins the race! 9lb to goal now! X”
All these and more are posted on my facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/WWBev and
they will be added to my Pinterest board later http://www.pinterest.com/BevWW/bevs-weight-watchers/
This week my members have lost 432lb or 38 stone! Seems
a lot doesn’t it and it is, remember though these big weight losses like Sarah’s
50lb and Ann’s 66.5lb or Mel’s 75lb earlier in the week and Sam’s 56lb, they
didn’t come quick, nor did they come
easy! They came from making changes they
know they can sustain forever, from realising that slow and steady does really
win the race. Anything worth having is
worth putting in some effort and that YOU are worth the effort!
If you feel like you have a lot to lose - START!
If it seems overwhelming – START!
If you think you can’t do it – START!
Seriously just start, start gently, do what you can without
being overwhelmed, this time next week you’ll still have a lot to lose but it
can be a pound less than last week and you’ll have proved to yourself that you
CAN DO IT.
You have to start to finish, in truth you’ll never finish because
you’ll always need to take care of yourself and remind yourself to be healthy
and happy, it’s a constant just like waking up, breathing and going to sleep –
it’s something you have to do to survive.
But hey let’s not just survive – Let’s Live shall we, let’s take life by
the throat and live the heck out of it.
Let’s realise that LIVING and having a ball doesn’t have to mean overeating!
On that note, I’m off to have another fabulous day, I don’t
have a meeting till Tuesday but the power of Facebook means I get to keep in
touch with my members over the weekend.
They talked me into taking part in race for life with them, I’ve joined
Natalies team, she has cervical cancer and goes in for her hysterectomy today,
one of my BeYOUtiful is Natalie and I know she’s got more strength than most so
she will beat cancers ass!
Our fundraising page is https://www.justgiving.com/natalies-fight-club
If you want to join us on the walk on the 18th,
here’s our team registration link https://raceforlife.cancerresearchuk.org/rfl/forms/race/enter.jsf?groupNumber=SO3650
And if you’ve ever been motivated or got an idea from my
blogs or my facebook page then please make a donation, please
text NJMS48 £1 to 70070 and donate to our race for life team.
I can’t do the makeup free selfie for cancer awareness as
all my selfies are makeup free, I have donated myself though and can I say
ladies, embrace your natural beauty, when you do these selfies – SMILE!
Have a great day, go make a difference to your own life as
well as others.
BeYOUtiful & Eat Gorgeous
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