Morning all!!! I was going to write more this week, but time got away from me. Well done everyone, we are a small and select band of Sunday troopers, I'm so proud of us all - and congrats on being here for your two year anniversary Why_D, I am so inspired by your persistence and determination, because I know it's a tough journey for you. Well done!!!!!
Last week was my two year anniversary of weight loss, and I gained 5.5lbs. This week I am so so so proud of myself, because I lost 5.5 lbs. I worked so hard at it, really prioritised this goal, and stuck at it.
First of all, I tracked everything I ate this week, and was bang on the money - lots of healthy, light food, very cheap and healthy. I am full of energy, full of beans, despite having a bit of a cold.
Second, I went to the gym (Curves) five times this week. I like it, I love feeling stronger and better at it, it takes an hour there and back plus the routine, and I can already see dramatic differences to my body after just three weeks. I'm sticking at it.
Third, I walked. I walked a minimum of 10k steps every day, sometimes up to 14k. I feel that's a constant in my journey now, but I use my pedometer every single day.
The thing is, I love how I feel - it wasn't a punishing week, or a week of feeling deprived. It's the way I live now. I feel good about myself, and I feel that I can finally see my body change (I mean, I know it had!), but now when I see myself naked in the mirror I see an attractive woman. It's the oddest thing, but I love losing weight and toning up. After nearly ten stones, more than two years, I'm still at it.
I am giving it my absolute *everything* to be one of those rare numbers (less than 1% apparently) of people who lose huge amounts of weight and keep it off for life. I read about weight loss and exercise, but I feel that I know the answer there. What I read more about is motivation, success, tricks for will power. It turns out I'm doing a lot of it okay, but am open to tweaking.
I think accountability is key - being honest and saying last week that I had gained 5.5 lbs, rather than pretending I didn't or not logging in because I didn't want to post a gain. Observation from being here is that every single person who was on this thread two years ago apart from Why_D and myself have now gone, and I don't think that anyone got to their goal weight and stopped posting (although I really really hope that's the case!). So I figure that turning up week after week IS important, it matters more than I had realised. I guess that's why class is so important.
I'm in chatty mode, lol. I'll stop now, but I cannot tell you how good I feel about this loss this week - it's one of the best ever, because it shows me that hard work, focus and effort pays off, and it makes me feel good about my gain last week on my two year anniversary.
Good luck guys.
Keep you posted!!! Can't wait to update my ticker..unless it's in the plus area then I think I might cry!!
