Hi everyone,
Well as we creep closer and closer to yet another Christmas I begin to freak out over the fact that I still have not reached my target. I did initially tell myself that I will give myself 2 years to get to my goal weight which is realistic but I know that if I hadn't have pissed away this year, I would be a LOT closer to my goal and would've made it before the two year deadline.
Thing is, life does get in the way, it makes living this journey so difficult and I realise that I'm human, however there are ways to keep on track, to stick to goals and to make the result happen.
For the past two months I have carefully monitored myself, yes I know, it sounds a bit odd but I really needed to step back and take note of things that trigger me off into a terrible eating frenzy! It seems that I definitely am an emotional eater, I'm not a food addict any more and I love exercise. Realising that I am no longer addicted to food is such a HUGE MEGA HUGE relief! I no longer think of food every single minute of the day like I used to, it was crippling, depressing and had me crying almost on a daily basis. But it seems having lived a relatively healthy lifestyle for a year, has helped me get out of that destructive mindset.
So here is my plan of attack for the last 70 lbs I need to lose.
1. I am going to document my food, exercise, moods, videos (once I have a new laptop), posts on facebook and whatever else comes up and put them into a nice little folder.
2. Once I have reached my 70lb loss, I am going to publish everything about my journey which does two things, it gives me a documented record of my journey and why I never want to go back there and it hopefully will inspire others to make a change for life as well.
So starting
Monday 28 October, I am putting myself through a 70 pound weight loss challenge and anyone else that wants to hop on board, be my guest! The more the merrier.
Come Monday, I will make my first post most probably called something like "Lose 70 pounds with Me" and then away I go, yay!
Am I crazy for starting this so close to Christmas and New Year's? most probably, but those two days can easily be days where I go easy on myself but not to the point of allowing a food coma, hell NO! A few tasty treats fine, a vat of fat NOT FINE!
Anyway that's the plan. It took a lot of planning for me to get this far. Usually when I create challenges, I've done it on the spur of the moment and therefore fail because of improper planning. You really need to answer a few questions to understand what is going on in your head in regards to weight loss for example what your goals are, and how you are going to achieve them. For me, this time for this challenge I am going to run it like a side business, one where I have to follow a clear set of rules or systems in order for the business to survive. And so to keep this 'business like' I will create a separate website.
Well there you go, weight loss a-la-Barbs!
I hope everyone is doing fabulous and I will be back in here soon! Tomorrow I'm off to photograph a wedding and I cannot wait, wish me luck! :)
Barbs x
