29th September, 2020
Well, I had my motivation to lose weight, when my health was not great, when I needed to shed pounds so the orthopaedic specialist would consider me for my hip replacement surgery, and to be slimmer to feel good in my outfit when I am mother of the groom at my son's and fiancé's wedding. Now everything has come to a standstill and I feel confused and at a loss.
My health is a lot better than it was. Because I have lost weight my blood sugar results have come down greatly and are now at a pre-diabetic level. Really good for someone with type 2 diabetes. As I have said before, I saw the specialist in September and because I have lost so much weight he has agreed to put me on his waiting list for surgery.
I have had my outfit for the wedding for a while and it should now fit me (I haven't tried it on yet), but unfortunately because of Covid 19 the wedding has sadly had to be moved to next year. So my aims have been put into disarray. I am pleased of course that my health is better, even though I am in more pain than ever. Also, because of Covid, we are not sure when hospital operations will start again, so even though I have lost weight, nothing will happen just yet.
I know I still want to lose some more weight. At the moment I am around 14 stone, 5 lbs and I would like to be about 11 stone, 7lbs, but my motivation seems to have gone. I know it shouldn't have, but it has. What can I do to get it back? How am I going to teach myself to maintain my optimum weight if I can't get there?
I think I have to remind myself of just what I have done. I have lost 6 stone by myself. Look at the photos Jackie, I must say to myself. See how far you have come. It is not easy to lose weight, there is no magic formula, but I carried on to lose weight all the way through lockdown. At no point did I give up and I am not going to give up now. Six stone gone and just three more to go. Half of what I have already done, so I can do this. Think about why I started this. I was not happy with my quality of life and I knew I deserved better. I have started to feel so much better and I am not going to give up without a fight. I can and will carry on and one day I will say I HAVE DONE IT! I will do my best to focus on doing what I need to do and enjoy what I have already achieved. Come on, Jackie! You can, and will, do this. Don't give up now, the best is yet to come.
Jackie
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PS. I have never been one for giving up, and I won't. With a little thought, research and inspiration I think I have set myself straight and I will write about this next time
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I think you are doing fabulously well. Only my opinion but, rather than thinking of it as a target, think of it it as the new you and revel in the enjoyment of how you will always feel better than you were. Keep it going Jackie.
ReplyDeleteThank you Geoff and you are right. Watching an interesting TED talk I discovered that the mind tends to accept negatives more than positives but knowing this will help me plan for the future and try my best to enjoy the new life unfolding x
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