Yesterday, on my home from the gym, I started to think about when I'd been successful at losing weight & I realised I could remember 3 times
- Just before my wedding - 3.5 stone on Jenny Craig (weighed 12.5st on my wedding day)
- SW - lost 3.5 stone in the year before I got pregnant with Dom (got pregnant before reaching goal). Had Toby too but never lost baby weight :(
- 5 years ago lost 9 stone on Cambridge Diet - aamaazing :) BUT reached goal (12.5st) just before christmas & never really did maintenance.
I never seem to see it through to the 'end' so I'm a yo-yoer of enormous proportions - but what connects these three events was that I was doing it for myself.
In my head that means I'm being selfish!!
I'm a nurturer by nature & all my energy goes in to that - husband, kids (two mega-boys that I love to bits), parents, work, house, friends then me. I know this but have never allowed myself to say it out loud without being in floods of tears - messy & not productive.
Someone I've only known for a short while has started a videoblog via FB & she inspired me to start again on my weight shedding journey (her great words) - & imitation being the sincerest form of flattery , I'm starting this blog.
Even if I'm talking to myself it will help!
Lisa you have known me for a few years-diet,no diet, put more weight on etc etc and then , like you, I did it for me. I have now lost more than 2 stone on Slimming World and I am loving the new me-because it is for me!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish you every success !!!I have a long way to go but I will get there as I now realise this is for life!!!
ReplyDeleteLove Sue xx
ps-love-and will be following your blog!
Lisa... this is just the best! Thanks you for being you... I'm definitely following this one... Just remember if you don't take care of yourself and give everything of you away... sooner or later you'll look around and find yourself empty and resentful... so go ahead and give to yourself and you'll be surprised how much more you can as a result.
ReplyDeleteYou go girl...kick ass!