15th
September 2014
The greatest
challenge in life is discovering who you are, the second greatest challenge is being
happy with what you find!
Had a
great day yesterday, its good when going to work is enjoyable, especially when
it’s a Sunday and you’ve already worked a 50+ hour week! But yes we had a great meeting, it started
with one leader standing up and starting to walk off, my manager seemed taken
aback and asked where she was going. It
turned out she was going to close the curtains because at the gym across the
road was a chap mooning! She could’ve
told us before she closed the curtains then we could have all had a giggle
;)!
That
took up most of my day and when I got home we chilled in the garden for an hour
then came in so I could make dinner, mom filled me in on her day and then we
did what we usually do and relaxed in front of the TV.
Well
the scales say I haven’t lost any weight this week, I haven’t gained any
either, of course I wanted a loss but I’m not gutted or surprised that I haven’t
got one. I’ve not been well this week
for a start that has to have an effect on how the body functions, so I’m not
going to be disappointed, I’m going to carry on eating healthy and tracking in
my journal. The good news is I’m starting
week four of my journal, it’s been a long time since I’ve made it that far into
one and I know I’m going to get all the way to week twelve and I don’t intend
on gaining any weight at all! I don’t
care how slow my weight comes off, it will come off!
On a
positive, I’ve proved to myself I can stay on track for a complete week, that
was what I wanted to do, I’ve been playing at weight loss this year, not really
doing it, starting Monday with the best of intentions knowing deep down in my
heart that by Friday I’d have forgotten that I actually want to lose weight and
going off track. This week I’m going to
flex, mainly focusing on Filling & Healthy foods because Friday I need
those weekly ProPoints for lunch with my besties, I’ll be driving so I’ll be on
the diet cokes, that’ll help and where we are going doesn’t serve huge portions
which is also a bonus, delicious food though at the Boat http://www.oddfellowsintheboat.com/,
although their head chef has left so hopefully the new one is as good and hasn’t
changed things too much.
I was
so good yesterday taking my own lunch to the meeting, made my own sandwich
filling with chicken and sweetcorn on thins, they were delicious too. One thing I have eaten a lot of this week is
bread products, thins, wraps etc, they’re convenient and I do have a tendency
to have one too many slices of low calorie bread with my stew so that’s maybe something
I need to get under control, did I really need 4 slices of bread with my bowl
of beef stew! I think not, looking back
through the week, I’ve had a bread product with two meals each day, I wouldn’t
normally do that, having said that as the weeks gone on, my appetite has calmed
down so I will see a weight loss next Monday, I’m sure of it.
We’re half
way through Stick to it September, it’s ten past six on a Monday morning, still
dark outside but I feel 100% better than I did this time last week when I had
my lurgy, I feel like I’m in a ‘doing’ mood today, going to get lots done
today, was motivated at my area meeting yesterday and I’m in the mood to be
productive. Going to make me a ‘to do’
list in a minute and get on with it all!
It’s
amazing how good you can feel when you surround yourself with as much
positivity as possible, I’m even tempted to pop along to a Weight Watcher
meeting today to soak up some of that “together is better” feeling as a member
rather than a leader.
In the
words of Lydna Field “Being positive does not mean saying that things are fine
when they are not. Being positive means
being in touch with your emotions and expressing them appropriately. Life does not always run smoothly and
acceptance of this is at the very heart of positivity.”
I don’t
do dwelling, nor do I focus on the negative in a situation if I can help it,
don’t get me wrong I’m not a happy, clappy kind of person but I don’t’ see the
point in getting down and miserable about stuff if you don’t have too. I’ve noticed something on Facebook recently
and it is that some people seem to focus on negative or sad stuff and I don’t
think they even realise they’re doing it, if you’re already a little low, then
reading all the sad, bad news out there isn’t going to lift your spirits. I don’t read newspapers for that very reason,
yes I know nasty things go on out there but I don’t need to read all the
upsetting, depressing details thank you.
Anyway
I’m rambling now and I have a ‘to do’ list to write!
Here’s
to a fab week, another 14 weigh-ins for me before Christmas, exactly 100 days
left Christmas day – oh my days, sorry for sharing that information with
you! 107 days till we start a new
year!
I’m
going ;) have a BeYOUtiful day, full of healthy choices and happy thoughts. xx
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