When I take a step back and think about it I am so disappointed in myself. We booked our holiday months ago and I've had plans to lose weight since then. However, I've been a complete failure. I've lost and then gained those same few kgs over and over again, but have made no real progress. Our holiday is now 2 weeks away, and until 10 mins ago I had no motivation to do anything about it. In fact, I was thinking about how I can get away from my desk to go buy food. Luckily before I did that I decided to take a look and see if there was anything new on the blogs I read, and I found something that's made me give myself a little kick in the backside, and think although I've wasted most of these past few months, I can still get back on track and make a (much smaller) difference in the 2 weeks I have left. Even if I'm not in the shape I wanted to be, I will be feeling so much better after 2 weeks of clean eating than if I just continue the way I am.
The post I found was one by Coco Butter (http://cocogirlbutter.blogspot.com.au/). She's one impressive gal. She wrote how she's had a crap few weeks, but is pulling out all the stops and getting back into it. It's given me motivation to attempt to do the same myself. She wrote how she made a list of everything that has helped her in the past. On that list is using all her gadgets - I have loads of gadgets and love them! And she's signed up for 12WBT again and is doing all the pre-season tasks - I'm not signing up again as I feel like I have got what I can out of it for now, and I'm going to be away for so long. But I can still do those tasks.
Anyway, here's my brainstorming list of what has helped me in the past, and what I can do to get back on track and stay there for the next two weeks until we leave. In no particular order:
- Use my gadgets - wear my heart rate monitor and sync it with the website and view my results
- Make a plan for the next two weeks - and stick to it! Plan every meal and exercise session
- Be aware - consciously think about the decisions I make, and ensure I make the right decision every time
- Don't let one wrong decision break me - so often when I make one (or more) wrong decisions I give up and it turns into an all out failure - don't let this happen - get straight back into it immediately
- Go to the supermarket - when we have no food we make bad choices
- Put yummy food on the plan - its no good making a plan full of food we don't want to make or eat as we won't stick to it
- Just get out of bed! Put the alarm clock across the room and no snoozing! Who cares if it's cold - I won't be cold for long!
- Make an inspiration chart - the first few times these helped me immensely - I don't even look at the one on the fridge any more. It needs updating.
- Look how far I have come - pull out my before and afters and take a look
- Try on my small clothes and see what I can fit
- Read the 12WBT forums - not an option right now as I'm not signed up, but surely I can find some other inspiring reads (like Coco Butter) that will provide the same motivation
- Check in with myself each night - spend 5 mins every night before I go to bed thinking about this stuff and focusing on myself and how tomorrow is going to play out
- Stop reading my Kindle on the way to and from work - save it for before bed only - reading is one of my triggers - all I want to do is eat - instead just walk and think about things, or read something inspiring
- Eat breakfast before I go to work
I'm actually looking forward to going home now, heading to the park and doing my exercise with Parker. I do have basketball at 9, but I was supposed to do a session this morning - there is no reason why I can't do both!
