Well I've rediscovered my weight loss mojo but not my motivation to blog. I've had a loss this week at weigh in. 0.7kgs which brings my total loss up to 6.3kg since May when I first began this journey. Weight Watchers has just rolled out their new ProPoints plan here so I've been on this for 2 days now. It still uses points but these have been redefined and encourage healthier food choices which is great. I've not done my measurements but will do so over the coming weeks in order to have a peek at my progress.
As you know I've really struggled with motivation for awhile and I think even though I stopped tracking for awhile, continuing to attend meetings has been extremely valuable. I think taking pressure off myself and allowing myself to not track has helped me to find my motivation again. I did concentrate on eating only when hungry, eating until satisfied, choosing healthy options instead of tracking points so I didn't just go crazy. I also kept thinking about why I wanted to lose weight and how my life will be different when I do. I have no illusions that life will suddenly be perfect upon reaching my goal weight. I will still lack confidence in some situations. I'll still have to interact with difficult people and circumstances. I will still have the same health history and conditions BUT I won't have the constant nagging presence of extra weight. I won't feel so physically uncomfortable and inhibited. I will have improved my health and decreased my chances of developing new diseases. Keeping my eye on this goal has helped me through this time as has reading blogs of lovely ladies out there in blogland who are maintaining successful losses. Speaking of which, congratulations to Shelley who is celebrating a year of maintenance. Superb effort!
My next goal is to achieve my 10% loss by Christmas. It's only 2.8kg away. So very close. I feel really awkward posting photos of myself but think reaching 10% will be worthy of a progress photo!
Hope you are all well and making little positive changes to your life.
Until next time.....
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