This week was disappointing, but if I am honest with myself not surprising. I lost, which is great but it was only 0.4lbs loss. My measurements were about the same - a few increases here and a few losses there.
The thing is I know what I need to do. I need to stop the binging at weekends, I need to up the exercise and increase my use of weights. I know why I have struggled this week. Partly its because I have lost some of my motivation - one of my goals is around looking good in a bikini on holiday, but we are not sure if we can afford a holiday. This means one of my biggest motivations isn't there any more.
Secondly I don't think I have had my trigger moment yet. I know that I want to be fit, healthy and strong, I know how to achieve it. I enjoy exercising and eating healthily. So why can't I actually do what I need to do? Why can't I say no the cake and the unhealthy treats? I know there has been a slight mindset because I do find myself thinking I don't really want this or I have had too many treats already, but not quite enough not to take the plunge.
My cousin got me thinking about it. She was very over weight and at risk of health issues. When I has seen her in late 2017 she was talking about wanting to lose weight and get fit so she could run around and play with her gorgeous daughter. However, you could see from the pictures on Facebook that things were not changing for her. She then started to post a few running selfies and I was super proud of her for making a start. We didn't manage to get together until Nov 2017. I was blown away. A different person came to visit us. She had lost 4.5 stone since May 2017 on Slimmer World and was a healthy weight and looked fantastic. Most importantly she was so happy in herself, a totally different person, more carefree, good humoured and happy. It was an incredible transformation.
We got chatting about how she did it and I was curious what changed between November 2016 and May 2017. She told me that although she wanted to lose the weight she didn't have the motivation. Then one morning her little girl asked for chocolate for breakfast. She told her no you can't eat chocolate for breakfast! Her little girl replied but you do. That was it. She realised that she was teaching her daughter bad habits and she wanted her daughter to healthy. That was it. From May 2016 she went for it, was really strict with herself and managed to lose something every week.
I haven't had the that's it moment. While I want to do it I don't have the drive. So this is what I am going to look into - how do I create that "that's it" moment for myself?
Did you have a trigger?
