I just realised its Weds and I had yet to blog. After last nights call it got me thinking about how everyone is doing out there – are you still going for gold or are you wax and waning!? : ) For me I realised that what I am doing is a lifestyle change and look forward to keep on keeping on even past the 16 weeks.
Am really looking forward to the retreat – meeting everyone in person, getting lots of information to take away with me and of course really looking forward to being put through my paces by Ray, will be great to get a different perspective on exercise from my usual sources.
Well I have to admit I didn’t submit my weight or my food diary this week – not because I was avoiding – I had done my food diary but it was hand written and didn’t have the time to re type – but with my weight it was more about my obsession with the scales – it was like an addiction and quite frankly it was driving me nuts – especially since my weight has been all over the show over the last few weeks (this could apparently be fluid retention not poor choices – am being SO good!! 
. So just decided to give myself a wee break to help refocus on to the health benefits of the challenge and its definitely helped me heaps so the right choice for me. I will be back reporting in my weight again (come what may) next week!
Hope you’re all having a fab week.
Ciao for now – Ruth
Hey Ruth, I really feel for you with the scales thing. I know myself well enough to NOT have a pair. I weigh myself once a week at my GP’s office for free. If I had some scales at home I’d be on and off then before and after every meal, visit to the loo etc. Maybe you need to have a breakup with your scales? a mini break? send them on their own retreat? lol Might help!
Keep chugging on the water! and keep up the hard work on your road to health
Bex
By: rebecca112dc on June 10, 2009
at 1:39 am
Thats great that you are planning on making this a lifestyle change. Its so easy to go back to old habits and where would that get us? good luck. Marg
By: Marg on June 11, 2009
at 7:46 am
Hi Ruth, hope the weigh-in tomorrow is rewarding, but as you say, this is about the long-term thing, eating for health, and if you know you’re eating right for you, the weight will come off for sure! So many things can affect ‘the numbers’ which can make it frustrating for us, so it’s really important to feel and believe that this is about lifestyle, not about numbers. I do weigh myself every morning as I find that even if I try to weigh myself just once a week, I’d still be thinking about it, and then I’d get really mad if I hadn’t lost (let alone gain). Like this, I have an idea of where I’m at, but have learnt to be more patient and know that if not today, tomorrow or the day after… the weight is being released. Drinking heaps is really important… Fabulous that you can go to the retreat, I’m sorry I can’t this time either, but I’m sure you’ll get heaps out of it and it’ll be fun meeting everyone
Take care, Desi x
By: Desi on June 14, 2009
at 11:47 pm