SELF IMPROVEMENT - THE WEIGHT LOSS CHRONICLES.

... GATHERS NO MOSS! Such a great week!!! So many SVs and NSVs to celebrate that I'm thinking that this is my most successful week so far! Such a great feeling!! Let's start with my firewalk! OMG! It was amazing!!! There's something so freeing about doing something that you're not supposed to be able to do, something only a small percentage of the population ever brave and something that you're so scared of that upon completion, the feeling of euphoria has you smiling like the proverbial cat (and making you forget to write your blog post, oops). And it made me realise, that if I can challenge myself to conquer one of my greatest fears, to push my limits so that I have valuable life experiences and mentally prepare myself to do something so unnatural, why do I find it so difficult to keep my diet in check to achieve something I want so much more than I ever wanted to walk on fire??? Sweet chilli sea bass fillet, garlic baby pots and sauteed asparagu...

I know everyone has those moments when you just want to give up.  When you trick yourself into believing that it isn't actually that important, that it doesn't really matter and that you're far too busy or stressed or overwhelmed to actually be able to make it work. That's how I've been feeling this week, family problems, illnesses, financial struggles as well as working full time, trying to make progress on several projects I'm doing and finding time for me have all started to weigh on me and with the addition of beginning my online PT this week, I've been feeling like the proverbial broken camel. Luckily, I have enough positive people and influence in my life that I can take time to regroup and reassess these thoughts and feelings and then I remember that this isn't supposed to be a chore, this is supposed to be me, creating a better lifestyle, to create a better life for me and all it takes is to create new thought processes and new habits and the...