6th May 2017
Grow through what
you go through.
Emotional day
yesterday, I rang Social Services for the first time to ask for some help, I
want a wet room fitted downstairs for mom to make her life easier and I was
going to use my savings and people have told me I can get help so I got in
touch to find out. I ended up crying on
the phone when I actually started to answer their questions, saying it all out
loud makes the reality of the situation hit home, the realisation of what's
happening to her and how unfair it all is, how bad she's gotten so quickly,
it's sad and a good cry did me the world of good. The many Facebook messages of support I received
were incredible and once again I found myself thankful for the job I do. It made me make this little video and put it
on Facebook, I just felt the need to say something, I didn't think about what I
was going to say, I just pressed record, I notice every time I say coach I go
to say leader, it takes some time getting used to not using the title you've
had for 12 years, but whether you call me leader or coach, it's still the most
incredible job in the world!
I don't know where
those words came from, but I'm guessing from my heart and it's so true, Weight
Watchers it is family, community and incredibly special. Unless you've ever been part of it, you
probably wouldn't get it but if you have, you 100% understand. When I start in that meeting and watched the
interaction, the support members are giving each other, the understanding of
one another's situations, the humour of it all being shared, it really is
beyond words if I'm honest.
Thursday night we
all connected over our love of a good curry, last night we laughed so much over
'buffets' but you really had to be there to appreciate that one! It's my escape from reality now and again
and I just love it, even better still I get paid to do it, I get paid to be
part of so many people's lives, their successes, their struggles, their huge
life moments. I've watched babies grow
into young adults as they've come along with their moms to my meetings and I've
been made to feel like I'm part of their extended family.
I always smile when
a member tells me they were talking to someone in the supermarket, gym,
doctors, hairdressers or even on holiday and it turned out they both knew me, I
was the thing that connected them. How
great is that! Apparently I'm a little
well known round here... I'm gonna guess it's not always in a good way, we're
none of us loved by everyone are we!
I saw two of my
members whilst out walking yesterday, Bram and Keith, both said 'I'm keeping it
off' and you could tell, both lost a good few stone and learned the WW way and
kept it up, brilliant.
It feels so good to
make a difference in this world, which is why I want to mention a young lady
who's about to. Tia is raising funds to travel to Borneo next
year, she will be there for 3 weeks working with local children working on
community Projects, which will include teaching the children English, building
extra classrooms and painting orphanages within the village, she'll arrange
activities for the children and spend time with them helping them to smile and
believe they have a future, she has to fund the entire trip herself and her mom
(one of my most memorable members) is coming up with charity events throughout
the year, one of which is easy fundraising https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/ a way
of raising a % of what customers pay, it doesn't cost any extra money to the
customer and as long as they go through the easy fundraiser site it will be
exactly the same shopping experience, but it will mean the big consumers will
donate to Tias fund
You can help by signing up, I did it and it's really easy, once you in just type in 'Outlook Expeditions Borneo 2018 - Tia Smith' and you will collect free donations every time you buy online, it won't cost you a penny extra. I buy a lot of stuff off Amazon and just by going through easyfundraising it says I can raise up to 1.5% of what I spend, so wished she'd sent me the link a month ago before I did my bedroom, she'd have made a load off me ;)
Anyway back to Weight Watchers, food wise another good day, No Count again, I was impressed I didn't emotionally eat or drink yesterday, it would have been so easy to say 'I'll just have something nice' to make me feel better, instead I cooked some tasty grub. For breakfast I had oats and grated apple (nice), lunch was delicious, I cooked a chicken breast and 2 bacon medallions on my George Foreman and had it with salad and balsamic dressing. Then my tea had been cooking all day, I put a tray of braising steak in the slow cooker and topped with loads of sliced onions, drizzled a tablespoon of olive oil over the top and cooked it on low for about 10 hours. For the last 1/2 hour I added about a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar and 2 crumbled oxo cubes stirred it all in, the juices that had come out of it all made it all into a sauce, turned it up to high and half hour later, mmmmm it was lush. Served it on a sweet potato jacket and some green beans that were left over from the day before.
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