Monday, November 15, 2010

Operation Slimdown....Its Back!

So - the weekly " Operation Slimdown " post is back! I was considering calling it " Operation Slimdown - Mach 4 " but that sounded a) a bit pathetic ( like how many times do i have start this bloody thing over ?! ) and b) its not like i fell off the diet bandwagon for good. I just .... umm...took a two week break from blogging about it.


Ok, and i took a break from the exercise bit but i promise i kept up with the healthier eating part. I was just so disheartened by the lack of good results that i had a bit of a dummy spit and went " Poo to you excess kilos - you suck! " Which they do - and so did my attitude. I'm a grown, sensible, reasonably intelligent woman , yet somehow i let logic slip away from me when confronted with those all important numbers. Of course my weight is going to fluctutate from week to week, and of course the measurements can be effected by things such as how much water i've drunk that day or (ahem) " that time of the month ". I know these things but, just like many a sensible, reasonably intelligent woman before me, i let myself become a blithering mess, all over a couple of stupid numbers.

Well - no more i say! Those bloody numbers are not going to get me down anymore...in fact, i'm going to get THEM down! Clearly its not going to be easy ( see the last four " Operation Slimdown " posts for further evidence of this fact ) and its going to take me longer than i thought, and had hoped for. The good news is that when i weighed myself on Sunday the scales showed up 76.6kgs - which is less than the last weigh in, so boo yea to me for that!

Oh, and lastly - i've decided not to weigh in every week. I'll still post about how my week has gone physically and nutritionally but i'm only going to weigh and measure myself once a fortnight ( or even less ). I'm not on " The Biggest Loser " - my scales are not going to show fantastic numbers every week, and my weight loss is going to be on the go slow. I think if i can just plug away and work at it and then see an improvement over a longer period of time, i can keep my spirits up and keep motivating myself. Wish me luck!

6 comments:

  1. I don't think I could possibly weigh myself only once a fortnight. I weigh myself nearly every day! It's the only way I can keep on top of things properly. Good luck! :)

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  2. Yay - you can do it. I know you can.

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  3. Sounds like a positive attitude. You can do it!

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  4. Ditch the scales I reckon. Hide them. Get out the tape measure instead.
    I'm with them.
    You can do it!! Got the right mindset :)
    L

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  5. You've got the motivation and the attitude girlfriend, you can do this!

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  6. Hey Amy! I found you through Diminishing Lucy! My name is Amy too! Plus we have kids about the same age! I'm a new follower!

    Feel free to link up this post at our Weekly Weigh-In linky!!
    http://marvelousmommyamy.blogspot.com/2010/11/weekly-weigh-in-1118.html

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