Hi everyone
Happy new week to all and thank you Wendleg for keeping us all going. The kindness and sterling support here is invaluable.
So, results so far:
Week 1: 3.3kg
Week 2: 0.7kg
Week 3: 2kg
Hopefully that gives some optimism to those going through a randomly low discard! Keep the faith, it IS happening.
So total 6kg in 3 weeks, not quite the fabled stone, but near enough. Target stage 1 is 10kg off. Target stage 2 is another 5kg after that, so total 15kg to get me back to where I was in 2019.
Can’t see or feel any difference yet as I am very tall and have to lose well over a stone to show or feel anything. Keep forcing myself to be proud of 6kg off. It has taken iron discipline, NOT my preferred M.O. Going from one extreme (Christmas sugar binge following 10 month comfort eating extravaganza) to another was quite a swing. I do well under 20g carbs a day.
Like some others I am feeling the slog of it. It is very hard to forego what feels like all treats when things are cold, dark, plague-ridden and locked down. I am a hedonist and a comfort eater. Saying no to hot chocolate in the snow, wine to celebrate a success, the delicious biscuits my husband made with our daughter… It does feel like so much no, no, no, it’s so tedious. It’s a real exercise in mental discipline to keep telling myself the “treat” is going to be getting back in my clothes, feeling happy in myself. It’s one long marshmallow experiment (saying no to one now for two later). It is not my natural state and takes a lot of consistent effort.
But I’m proud of myself because I have also managed 3 weeks of meditating every day, a personal record, and it is helping me be so much calmer and more positive. Even in the face of some significant stresses. I was in a bad place at the end of 2020, so anxious I was considering medication. Quitting booze/sugar and meditating every day has been transformative. I will not forgo a beautiful glass of red wine forever, but I will find a better balance with it.
I would love another 2kg loss this week but realistically it may well slow down. Will keep on keeping on.
Love to all, congratulations on the discards and if you are feeling blue, YOU CAN DO IT!