Week 6 weight loss, here I come!

I am half way and i am more than determined to lose allot for the last half. Keep going to everyone who is trying to lose weight. Stay strong and remember that you are doing this for yourself, not anyone, therefore make yourself proud. I am struggling, but i keep motivating myself. Have a good week

[fibronfedup]

Words to live by! Good luck to you too hope you have a good week

[DoniMac]

Hi Chiedza, well done, I am pleased to hear your keeping on keeping on, well done. I am also in week six and have lost the plot again, so have put on some of the weight I lost over the past six weeks. My problem is not getting into the exercise bit I think, I plan and plan, but that is as far as it goes, look out the window and think, no not today, it is just being not motivated, I was doing OK with losing about 1 kg a week, and now have to start all over again, or get myself under control for the rest of the six weeks to go. But it is good to hear your sticking to your goal, well done, and I'll try again. Good luck

[Hidden in reply to DoniMac]

Hi there DoniMac, well done first of all for deciding you want to make physical changes. I have actually struggled this week so far because i am starting to lose motivation. i personally think the problem is always in the mind. Before I joined the NHS 12 WEEK PLAN, i spend the week before asking myself why i wanted to lose weight. At first it is because i wanted people to see me as this beautiful person, but thats how i knew i would never succeed if i was doing it for the wrong reasons. So i actually motivated myself and said 'i will lose weight because i believe in myself, i dont need anyones approval, i am only trying to impress myself. of course i am pretty sure we all lose weight because we also want people to notice us, but to me i forgot what anybody thought and did it for myself. Because of this, when i feel like giving up, i ask myself each time; 'you can give up, but why then did you start?'

To make long story short, I am my own motivation, that is why i believe i will lose allot of weight this year because i want to make me proud.

I hope to stay in touch and see how you going. God bless x

[DoniMac in reply to Hidden]

Hi Chiedza, yes I agree with you about being our own motivation. I read something yesterday and what they called 'inner motivation' which is exactly what you are saying, if you are doing it for you, then you have abetter chance of being more motivated. But I also think it is habit, I know when I used to smoke it was habit, and it took me a long time to break the habit, then a year of cold turkey wanting to smoke again, and finally did it. But I remember the struggle I went through to break that habit. So now I think a lot of eating is habit rather than hunger, does not stop me eating, but like you I am looking at why i do things. I am trying to eat healthy and lose weight for health, I want to be healthy, not too bothered about what people think, but I am bothered about how much health I seemed to have lost along the way of gaining the kilos without noticing, or at least without taking it on board. Now I have to take it on board and own the problem, which is too much food and eating for the wrong reasons, like getting upset at work, then buying a tub of ice cream. So those habits have formed over the past few years, now I have to break them. This is the 12 week challenge journey for me, break old habits and get back into new healthier habits. the funny thing is I think we all have that healthy version of ourselves somewhere in our past, just a matter of rekindling it. I think you are right, as long as we do it for ourselves we are more likely to get there. Had a 25 minute walk yesterday and some Pilate stretches today, so am trying to get into the exercise. Now have to control the food again, lost it a bit last week (week seven I think) so this week have to commit to keeping to the plan. How are you going?

[Hidden in reply to DoniMac]

Well done so far. We should keep in contact for encouragement.