We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit
Well, another week. I am so pleased with yesterday’s weigh-in, it has given me this enormous boost. I am reaching here, but I am pledged to doing my very best to lose 3lbs this week. In a week where I have two parties and still not get any groceries delivered, I am going to give it my best shot to lose 50 lbs this year.
I’ve bought a note book, and am writing down everything I eat, as well as pre-tracking, or pre-planning (i.e. thinking at the start of the day what healthy options I am going to eat and then, well, eating them!). That’s working well. I have also been consciously drinking a lot more fluids, so am up to about 1200 ml today – not great, but a huge improvement.
I feel slimmer today. I wore a new jacket that I hadn’t worn for a while, and it’s much looser on me, very flattering. I felt smart and attractive at work, and in fact, I feel like that most days. I ignored the sweeties that are everywhere at work, stuck to my planned food, and basically told people that my intention was to have a very ‘good’ week of healthy eating, despite the time of year. And that is how I feel about it. I am going to have a very healthy week this week, eating one third of superfree food at each meal, and looking up SYN values online, and basically being accountable to myself for everything I eat. I’ve even steamed some broccoli tonight!
My food for the day (so far) has been: coffee, apple (1/2), banana x 1, grapes x 5, fruit and fibre (HEX B), muller light. Olives x 2 (1 SYN), baked beans, mushrooms, M&S orzo pasta and roasted tomatoes (1 SYN), banana x 1, apple x 1, cracker mix (4 SYNS). Herbal tea, quorn fillets in tomato and olive sauce (3 SYNS), rocket, ½ apple, tomatoes x 2, grapes x 3, broccoli. So far, then, I have had 8 SYNS, which is about what I like to aim for.
I was inspired to join Slimming World by a colleague at work, who was doing well on it. She was a slow loser, but steady, and after about three months had lost about a stone. She looked terrific, and it was a real spur to me. I joined SW at the start of August, and she kind of stopped. She has put all the weight back on, and seems so unhappy again. If only she had kept going for another five months, she would have been within touching distance of goal by now, even losing a few pounds a month. I don’t know, that kind of makes me thing of the 98% to 2% statistic, and makes me reflect on my own path. It also makes me think that it’s not about big losses each week and a gallop to goal, but rather a slow steady walk to get there. That’s why weeks where I maintain are victories as much as weeks when I lose, because this journey has to be about NOT moving backwards, but slowly plodding forward despite how I feel or how tough the day has been or how cold it is etc. Excuses are just that, and my huge goal is to hang on to the weight loss through the holiday season and not say ‘tomorrow’s another day’. It can be done, but I am not going to get blasé about my progress and let it slip through my fingers. This has been hard earned!
Well done on finishing your day on a high.
