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Jan 6, 2016

Facing the music...




We're all doing it... Facing the music... The dreaded scales...  Hands up, we've all done it over the holidays... One mince pie too many... a double G&T (I mean C'MON... who REALLY drinks singles anymore!?!?!)... a mini sausage roll on the way to bed, OK FINE a full size sausage roll, geez, are you people cops?!!? Brandy butter... goose fat roasties... a slice of stuffing whilst you're looking for the milk in the fridge... I know I'm not alone... I think I did pretty OK over Christmas, I shall see tonight... Chocolate isn't my thing so Roses or Selection boxes, I can easily say no to... but the fancy peanuts, the honey balsamic ones from M&S, hoovered... crisps, all in my belly... No one I know has been perfectly on plan over the holidays but facing the scales this week isn't to be feared... 'dreading it' won't help anyone especially you... We always expect the worst and are usually pleasantly surprised when the worst doesn't happen... 



When I'm PMT'd I gain 4 - 6 lbs in a couple of days, TMI I know, but I turn into a human fish bowl, you can see it on my weigh in cards... I just put my hands up and my leader knows that the following week it will be gone... If I've lost the plot, I face the scales, I fess up, I was at a wedding, party, weekend away with the girls but I loved every second and I'm back on track again... when I started this time around,  I promised myself I'd never miss a meeting and apart from holidays (and even in the UK and USA I've been to meetings!) I've not missed one, and I still get the dreaded fear on a Wednesday evening, because I'm human and no one likes to fail... My thinking is, face it today rather than thinking in 2 or 3 weeks time you'll be back to where you want to be because you'll only talk yourself into 'I'll start Monday...' but which Monday? Before you know it, Easter/Summer will be here and you'll have wished that you had just gone to class this week... and you know, it could turn out much better than you think... 


I'm not fearing the scales tomorrow... I'm looking forward to the first weigh in of the year, if I'm up then so be it, it's a new starting line... it's the last time I'll be this weight ever again... I'm looking forward to catching up with my WW pals for a gossip... My leader won't judge me, she's human, she' lost a load of weight, she gets it... I know I'll leave even more motivated than ever... so it's ALL good...

If you ARE fearing the worst... best thing is don't stress over it, use that energy to really get your game face on... Take the number on the scales on the chin... and promise yourself to lose a pound this week... any more is a bonus but promise YOURSELF, you'll lose 1lb! Remember, the number on the scales is only one tool on the journey... so find that snug pair of jeans, that dress you want to wear, try them on and feel how uncomfortable you really are... remember that feeling and leave them in full view everyday... and don't go buying a pair of size 6 jeans and say 'I'll be in them for easter' the goals have to be realistic! If you set yourself up for a massive fail, it takes so much longer to get back in the right frame of mind...  Measure your body, root out the measuring tape and measure all over... neck (trust me!) arms, chest/boobs, waist, belly, hips, thighs and calves and write them down somewhere... in 6 weeks time I'll be reminding you all to do it again and even if you haven't lost 6 stone in 6 weeks, you'll be happily surprised at the inch loss... 

So face the music this week, we might not be running around the hills of Dublin like Julie Andrews after class but we'll be saying.... So long, farewell, Auf weidersehen, goodbye... to the old us!




 

12 comments

  1. Your enthusiasm is infectious and what we need to hear for our first weigh in after Christmas and the long extended holidays. Best wishes for your weigh in tonight. I'm on my way in now this morning for mine. ❤️

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    1. It's great to have it over and be back in the game isn't it! x

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  2. Reading that, I'm excited! I just got the eat book! I'm so excited!!! �� Thank you for your motivational posts!

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    1. It's brilliant isn't it.. the new programme is a great shake up! Means we're all fully motivated too! x

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  3. I'll be singing that for the evening :-)
    My first WI of the year is tomorrow evening after a 3 week break!! EEEK so I'll take my gain cause I enjoyed every bite (no regrets) and liek you said I'll see a loss next week, I'm "back on it" since Monday and feeling the benefits already..

    Great Post Doll... its like your inside my brain :-) xxx

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    1. it's brill that even after a few days we fell better isn't it... plus xmas is suppose to be enjoyed... it's suppose to be fun and games with family... not sitting in the corner going 'I'm on a diet I can't play!' it's the not giving up part that keeps us going! You'll rock it! x

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  4. Very true!! I like anything Brandy!! Taking before photos helps too to see how far you have come, but file them where nobody else can see them!!

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    1. an absolute MUST! If nothing other than to frighten yourself... I'm genuinely terrified of a folder on my phone called 'selfies' full of old pics that I DREAD looking at but keep me on track when I'm having a crap day x...

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  5. My WW leader even 'fessed up to having eaten four Double Deckers for breakfast one day over Christmas - lying, especially when the scales tell all, does no-one any good!

    But I'm the same as you: when I'm PMTing, I show it on the scales and it's off the next week. It's infuriating, especially if I've been good that week! But at least I know what the cause is...

    I need to remember to start taking photos again, as well as measurements. Everything shows us the differences, no matter how little. :)

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    1. the camera never lies.. sadly! neither do flipping mirrors! LOL Some of the old pics of me I've found are SO bad... but it shows how far I've come.. still another 6/7 stone to go but getting there SLOWLY! x

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  6. It is so hard to face the music of the scales (more like the funeral dirge of the scales sometimes) but it is so important because without doing it we don't have a starting point in which to springboard into success!

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    1. Exactly.. the journey has to start somewhere and some time.. why not right now?? I can remember years ago, waiting for the right moment to start a new diet but it never came! I often let people go ahead of me to prolong the pain! LOL x

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