SELF IMPROVEMENT - THE WEIGHT LOSS CHRONICLES.

Week 6 – birthday week! That pretty much sums up my week lol.  After the catastrophe of last week, I agreed to give myself the week to not stress or pay too much attention to my diet.  I was going to eat and drink what I like and then draw a line under it and get back on it. I still didn't change any of the habits I'd formed though, the daily lemon water, less snacking, less fizzy drinks and generally being more aware of the decisions I'm making and how those decisions form habits. I also invested in some Jillian Michael workouts from Google play so that when I'm back on it, I hit it hard.  But aside from those things, there has been zero effort made.  We all have those times when we fall off the wagon, but the important thing is that we get back on a new wagon asap, that we don't let one failure, one bad decision suffocate our motivation, desire and ambition to achieve.  You will only fail if you admit defeat.  You will only admit defeat if the goa...

Ok, so we all know that saying that ‘what goes up, must come down', yeah?  Well let me introduce you to its long-distance cousin, ‘what comes down, must go up'.  Yeah, he's the unpopular cousin that's only ever invited out of obligation even though he only dampens the party like a dirty dish cloth! Eugh! Week 5 was a rollercoaster of good days and bad days, good choices and bad choices and a whole lot of wishful thinking!!  Rather than putting the effort into cooking healthy meals, making health decisions and finally starting an exercise regime, I spent a lot of time trying to disprove basic maths theorems so that I'd be able to justify what I knew was going to be a bad week.  And the end result?  I failed on both counts!  Maths – 1 , Me – 0  😔 My days see-sawed between grilled chicken and jacket potato and chips, cake and coke – oh wait, is that a Ferrero Rocher???? 😒 I convinced myself, in a very small, deluded part of my brain, that it w...

So week 4.  Wow.  The last 4 weeks seem to have dragged, I feel like I've been battling this new lifestyle for much longer than nearly a month lol. Again, I have been overwhelmed with support and encouragement and empathy and understanding.  I am truly honoured when people tell me that they can relate to thoughts, feelings and situations and it empowers me to continue to bring a voice to my journey with truthful encounters. So I started the week full of enthusiasm, energy and positive thinking!  I started putting actual thought into schedules, timing, planning and organisation.  My weekly meal plan was done (in my head obviously in case there was some catastrophic event which meant that there was no way that I could possibly fit kale into my perfectly worked out plans or every supermarket had ran out of wholegrain rice – or other cardboard tasting goodness!) I was even finally going to unbox the kettlebells! 😮 And then I felt it, and pretty much all my plan...

Again, I just want to start by thanking everyone that is supporting my journey.  Your comments, compliments, encouragement, advice and well wishes really inspire and motivate me to carry on and try harder. Now on to week 3.  Surprising, successful, challenging and confusing lol but finally approaching the end of the week, I'm starting to feel more organised and in control.  Non- scale victory 1! The week started how week 2 ended, disheartened and discouraged.  Have you ever just thought that if I can't get my eating habits right then I should just stop eating?  I don't know if it's just me but when I have a difficult time, I decide that at least if I starve myself then I have to lose weight and I won't have the stress of trying to plan and buy and organise and cook and store, I just won't eat.   Problem solved! Obviously that wasn't sustainable and not a great idea with the mindset I was in.   Luckily I pulled out of that funk on Wednes...