Today the second pre-season task was unlocked. I was looking forward to it with much anticipation as I am so focused and committed to getting this thing started!! I have read that a huge contributor to the success of the 12WBT is completing all of the pre-season tasks with 100% honesty and integrity, and that's what I plan on doing. I love the idea of the pre-season tasks as I see it as an education process and a way of easing into this lifestyle change as opposed to jumping head first into some kind of "crash diet" which would result in just that, me crashing in a heap!!
So as I started to listen to Michelle's video (as I was walking to the gym, what better way to get pumped for a workout!) I started to get a little disheartened. It was all about excuses. And I was thinking to myself "I'm not really one of those people" I've never really been full of excuses, for me it has always been more about self-sabotage, lack of confidence in myself and just plain old laziness.. oh and an unhealthy love afair with food... And then it hit me, that is my excuse.. I love food! I have always been one to say "I could never be skinny anyway, I love food too much" or "I just love food" my love of food has been a rather unhealthy one. And now, as I am put in a position of reflection, I realise I have given too much power to food, and have in fact fallen in love with food.
Food is always there for you, whenever you need it. Food has been compared to and often described as better than sex. We watch skinny movie stars cry over a break up with tubs of icecream and a spoon, we socialise over food. We have first dates over food, we celebrate our birthdays/weddings/special events with a cake.. when it all comes down to it, a certain element of being happy and felling better is reliant on food.
I have taken a step back since signing up to the 12WBT and in a way emotionally disconnected from food and let me tell you it has worked wonders. I am not giving food the power I once did, to make me feel better. Because in actual fact, when thinking that eating a block of chocolate is going to make you feel better, and it may well do that for a brief period, ultimately it actually makes you feel worse. So essentially, eating a block of chocolate makes you feel bad, not good... in the long run. However, if you do genuinely love chocolate (or any other food for that matter) a little but, like a square or a bite.. that can make you feel good. Good that you had your taste, and good that you had the control not to eat the whole block. It is with this mentality that I can say I have gone from eating chocolate almost every day to eating just one lindt ball since 02/01/2012.
I am taking control of what goes in my mouth, not letting what goes in my mouth control me. And I'm proud of myself that I can identify there is a difference.
So thank you Michelle, for making me realise my excuse. For bringing it to the surface so that I can now erradicate it from my life! I love that I have had a light bulb moment, it will make it all the more easier for me to succeed by facing who I thought was my friend but in fact is my foe, junk food!
Lucy x
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Sunday, 15 January 2012
Pre-season is here!!
Finally pre-season is here for the 12wbt! I have been waiting for this day for 2 weeks! Normally I would have eaten every "bad" food I could get my hands on before my "diet" started but this time has been different. I don't know why, maybe the whole new years resolution had something to do with it, and also the realisation that any kgs I pack on by doing that only adds to the overall kgs I have to lose in the long run! So I am very proud to say that I have lost 3.9kgs in the last 2 weeks since signing up to the 12wbt. I have to share with you my secret tool (well not really a secret as I'm sure thousands are doing it too) the My Fitness Pal app on the iPhone is fantastic and had potentially turned my life around!
Essentially it is a calorie counter and calculates all the calories you consume on a daily basis. It tells you at the start how many to consume each say to get to your goal. But the thing I like most is at the end of the day after you have input everything you have eaten it tells you what you will weigh in just 5 short weeks! It is so motivating! Only something small but it has definitely worked for me and what I plan on using to keep me on track throughout pre-season. I am very much looking forward to receiving Mich's diet plans to really give my eating an overhaul but in the meantime this is a great tool!
So on the first day of pre-season I have weighed in at 73.9kgs. I'm feeling really good about that as I have started diets as high as 88.8kgs before and that was daunting! I have completed my first pre-season task and looking forward to the next! Join me! Xo
Essentially it is a calorie counter and calculates all the calories you consume on a daily basis. It tells you at the start how many to consume each say to get to your goal. But the thing I like most is at the end of the day after you have input everything you have eaten it tells you what you will weigh in just 5 short weeks! It is so motivating! Only something small but it has definitely worked for me and what I plan on using to keep me on track throughout pre-season. I am very much looking forward to receiving Mich's diet plans to really give my eating an overhaul but in the meantime this is a great tool!
So on the first day of pre-season I have weighed in at 73.9kgs. I'm feeling really good about that as I have started diets as high as 88.8kgs before and that was daunting! I have completed my first pre-season task and looking forward to the next! Join me! Xo
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Making myself accountable
This if my first entry of my first ever blog. When looking up how to start a blog, the advice was to write about something you are passionate about. I can say with the utmost honesty that I am passioante about being trim, toned and terrific inside and out!
To coincide with my 12WBT challenge, I wanted to start a blog to so I could make myself accountable. If only I could tell you how many weight loss quests I have started on to never see through to the end, or to get there and not maintain it! I figured, if I share my stories along the way with the world wide web I am accountable. I can't just give up, I can't have a week long of emotional eating and zero exercise. How embarrasing would that be to have to share with you. Instead, I want to inspire, motivate and more importantly, see somethinng through till the end.
My number one focus for this blog is to tackle the emotional issues that surround being over weight. To address the old habits that have hung around for decades, and create a forum that people can relate to and realise they are not alone. There are so many of us out there that have suffered from body image or confidence issues, or turned to food in times of sadness/stress/happiness, and to see that with the support of others we can collectively say "no more!!" No more will these deep-set behaviours take over. We are taking control and we are going to come out the other end trim, toned and terrific inside and out..
To coincide with my 12WBT challenge, I wanted to start a blog to so I could make myself accountable. If only I could tell you how many weight loss quests I have started on to never see through to the end, or to get there and not maintain it! I figured, if I share my stories along the way with the world wide web I am accountable. I can't just give up, I can't have a week long of emotional eating and zero exercise. How embarrasing would that be to have to share with you. Instead, I want to inspire, motivate and more importantly, see somethinng through till the end.
My number one focus for this blog is to tackle the emotional issues that surround being over weight. To address the old habits that have hung around for decades, and create a forum that people can relate to and realise they are not alone. There are so many of us out there that have suffered from body image or confidence issues, or turned to food in times of sadness/stress/happiness, and to see that with the support of others we can collectively say "no more!!" No more will these deep-set behaviours take over. We are taking control and we are going to come out the other end trim, toned and terrific inside and out..
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