Hello Wagon

I had a slip over the passed couple of weeks, fortunately not a huge amount of damage done before waking up to my self...  Any hoo back on trach now - I have a lcear vision of what I want again now - I seemed to lose that as my compulsion for food took over again...

I am going to a festival in summer I want to be as fit and as light as possible so that I can stand for hours on end and enjoy bouncing about at the front...  Since the last festival I put in lots of practice - time to do that again... 

My first step it to loose 9lbs in 1 calander month - I have done 1 lbs so far so wish me luck for the rest...

WI tonight

I need every one to wish me luck tonight.  Last week I went for my WI thinking I had lost heaps because I just felt thinner, and I stayed the same...  This week I feel thinner again...  Please plase please let there be a loss.

But you know what?  If there is not a loss then it means I am on for a plateau.  So I need to do some work on preparing my self mentally for this event.

I have been told many time that this is a natural process, that one's metabolism changes when weight is lost.  The result is in plateaus from time to time...  

This was never a race, this was always going to be a slow and gentle Weight loss effort!

Any way I am writing this here so that I can read it if I get an STS...  My own logic is printed in black in white.  And then tomorrow I won't be tempted to eat an entire weeks points allowance (I do core) on chocolate...

Hello 16st again

well I am almost to where I was before christmas...  I lost 2lbs this week, and I feel like I need to attribute this loss to water.  I wasn't particularly good - but I did drink a lot of water - it has certainly helped!

So onwards and downwards this week - hooray!!!

5 point plan for remotivation this week!

I stayed the same after 2 weeks...  I didn't WI cause I had exams the week before...  I am really please cause I was very naughty whilst I studied....  Any way this week has been all about getting the routine back.  Here is my 5 step plan for getting back into the sing of things:

1. list all my reasons for joining weightwatchers

2. go to http://www.mvm.com/index.php and create virtual model of my self then use it to show my self what I will look ike at my next mini goal...  Also looked at my "fat" photos - my double chin scared me...

3. Plan Meals for the week

4. Plan my exercise for the next week

5. Get back on line!  Get using the group therapy forums!

Any way I feel like I am back into it now - watch the weight come down baby!!!

6 mile challenge

http://www.mysportrelief.com/personalPage.aspx?SID=509

Hello all lost 3lbs this week - feeling quite good, I think this week will be fine too, so long as I don't stress out too much about my exams - any way the above is a link to a challenge I am taking part in.  6 miles in Aberdeen's Duthie Park on the 16th of March.

I am looking forward to this for two reasons

- It's good to do something for Charity - I haven't done anything like this since school!

- I will have a good WI that week :D

Any way any small donation would be welcome - it's for a good cause!

It was christmas...

I put on 6.5lbs in christmas fayre - but I am back into the routine without a hitch - I think that it is just how it is - Christmas holidays spent at home, party and food every day almost.  But it doesn't reflect a real life situation for the whole year...  It's just a shame my progress chart looks bad now - any way - I am opptimistic that it will all come off quickly enough...

I'm Scared - I put on a pound...

I know this is not a disaster - going up just a little bit is ok - but the reason was because I had a party week with no exercise (I have to do the exercise to get away with partying)

Any way I am scared cause there are another two weeks of this before we hunker down the january detox - but I don't want to put on weight that I worked so hard to lose!  Maybe it is just they way of chritmas and holidays, and so long as I am good for the rest of the year I will be slim...

I must remember my mantra ovedr the holidays:

Nothing tastes as good as being slim feels!!!

No double chin!

Ok so it is still there a little bit - but It feel good to take a picture and not to be replused by my chin flab!!!

Break the habit of negative thinking

This is an extract from an e-mail I got today - it is this type of thinking that I credit for my weight loss sucess thus far:

PS I lost 2lbs this week

Back in the game

Any way I am totally back in the game now - it would seem that my new healthy eating routine is getting ingrained a bit, cause it only took one day of hunkering down for it to be ok again, where as at the beginning of the new regime it took about 3 weeks to get into the flow.

There are four steps of learning:

1. Not knowing that you don't know...  This is bliss, being big and not knowing that you are outting on weight...  Like I was between march and july this year...
2. Knowing that you don't know - this is a struggle, and is where we are at the beginning of our weight loss journeys...  Or the days we are not so good...
3. Knowing that you know - this is were I am now as an active achiever on the weight loss plan.
4. Not Knowing that you do know - when it comes to diet this would be all "healthy weight"  people who say things like I can eat what I want and I don't get fat...  The thruth is they might well eat what they want - but what they want to eat doesn't equate to an excess in calories...  And of course this means they don't put on weight...

Any hoo - I am mostly on step 3...  When I was ill I was attempting step 4 (it worked I lost 1/2 lb)  but then when I stopped being ill I immediately regressed into step 2....  But as of yesterday I am back on step 3 - and I am going to stay there until the habit is formed...  And I will eventually fall into 4 without even knowing that I have done it....

Sorry for the ramble - it has helped me to write it down...