30th October 2014
The two things in life you are in total
control over are your attitude and your effort. Billy Cox
Well Monday may have been a slap in the
face by the scales but they won’t say that number next Monday, I will guarantee
that, I won’t like it’s take me until now to believe that statement but I genuinely
do feel like I can finish this week with a loss and on track.
Yesterday was delicious, egg, bacon, tomatoes
& bread for breakfast, liver and onions with mash and veg for dinner and
the last of the left over stew for tea.
Today’s already planned salmon and brown rice for lunch and the spare liver
& onion dinner I made up yesterday for when I get home after my long day,
that’ll stop me being tempted to stop and get takeaway (which would be doubly
tempting this week as we’re touching on that subject in my meeting) and I won’t
be snacking when I do get home because there’s nothing there to snack on.
Over 100lb lost by my members yesterday,
that always helps to motivate me I have to admit, I also find talking to my
helpers and listening to everyone’s stories help me put everything into
perspective and that’s what makes group support so special. Being able to talk to other people who just ‘get
it’ makes all the difference, it really does, because this thing called weight
loss for most of us isn’t easy and if you’re not careful it becomes a vicious
cycle.
You’re miserable so you eat and gain
weight, or are you eating and gaining weight and that’s making you miserable? See it a vicious nasty cycle that’s so easy
to get consumed by!
Of course overeating and gaining weight
might not be making you miserable, that sometimes is worse because if you’re
not unhappy or uncomfortable you may not bother to do anything about it, but
what about your health? Carrying a bit
of extra weight isn’t the end of the world but we all know carrying a lot of
extra weight can have massive health implications.
So yes I’ve reminded myself of all the
benefits of losing a few pounds, not least the chance to remove that extra tyre
of fat that’s appeared under my bust line when I sit down, at the moment it’s
merely like a racer bike innertube but if I carry on gaining it has the
possibility of being promoted to an off-road mountain bike tyre, then oh well I
don’t want to even think about the possibilities after that! Nope this week we’re focusing on the healthy
for sure and I believe by doing that the happy is following.
I am by nature a positive person who is
most of the time happy, I do however get grumpy and moody and this week I’ve
been downright low and miserable at times and I’m not sure if that’s my weight,
my hormones, the time of year – I just don’t know! I just know when it happens, I think to
myself well I was happy as a pig in muck with my life last week and nothings
changed there so this mood isn’t really justifiable from a what’s going on in
my world point of view, so I’m going to just ride it out and do everything in
my power to lift me out of that mood as quickly as possible. I don’t wanna be low, because it’s a horrible
place to be. That’s why I’ve tided and
cleaned my house, why my radio is on giving me something to sing along to and
why I’ve made a conscious effort to cook good healthy foods that have benefits
to my health. And I was relieved to
notice that my mood was lifting yesterday afternoon and this morning I feel
fine again.
What is it they say; you’ve got
experience the low to appreciate the highs! Mmm, well universe it’s ok, I
always appreciate the highs so you can shove the lows, I don’t need them.
And for some reason, at 5.30 am on a
Thursday morning I have the desire to bake!
What’s that all about, I haven’t really got time to be baking this
morning, although…. No really I haven’t, but maybe…. ‘-) I shall get done what
needs to be done, then see.
I’m out all day tomorrow for training so
it’s important not to be shattered by overdoing everything today. Early nights that’s the key, me and my fitbit
were asleep by 9pm last night, although Alfie decided he wanted to sleep in the
bed not on it last night and has spent most of the night kicking me! Little dog has powerful legs, that’s all I’m
saying ;)
Right coffee time, have a great week and
even if those scales didn’t say what you wanted to read this week, you stay
positive, stay focused and BeYOUtiful because we can do this. xx
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