Ways to motivate yourself for weight loss

I've been trying to think of the different ways that I can set myself up for success in my weight loss goals.

The first thing I thought of was that I  need a mid length goal that is close enough that I can't dilly dally or put off doing the 'work' and long enough that I can expect dramatic changes in my appearances. I figure that 8 weeks is about right. With this goal, I would need an event that I could focus my energy towards and look forward to getting dressed up and looking good. An event that will happen at a specific date and that I cannot keep pushing back.

As luck would have it, my fiance's niece is having her first birthday on the 19th March and so I'm using this as my 'Event'

The second thing I thought of was that I would need to keep myself motivated with smaller, short-term rewards (of the non-food type). With this one,  I am killing two birds with one stone.

 I need to give up diet-coke because it makes me overeat and keeps my feeling tired. So the money that I would normally spend on this habit will go towards fortnightly pedicures at the local nail bar. Ahhhh!!! relaxation, pampering and it will help towards improving my appearance..... The perfect, short term
reward.

New Goals, New Start

I haven't been posting because I have been eating myself silly. All the naughty foods (and drinks) that make me look the way I do.

Because of this 'binge' eating, I put off posting because I didn't want to admit that I was being a pig.

I have really struggled today to not eat crap and so far, have succeeded. But, because I drank beer last night, I woke up with a headache and haven't done any exercise today. Instead of 'starting' tomorrow, I'm continuing on as planned.

Anyway, enough weight loss talk. Besides craving junk food, I've been cleaning out the kitchen cupboards and sorting through what I can pack now,  toss or keep in the kitchen until we move. I figure that if I sort through and pack up all the crap that we don't need for now, it won't be such a big mission when we move into the townhouse next year. Also, it makes me focus on the good stuff that's happening soon ie. moving into our own townhouse!

Feeling uplifted and worn out at the same time

Worked at Bookkeeping office today. The people are really friendly and the office has a casual, relaxed vibe which I'm really grateful for. This is my second week and so, far is 2 days a week. I hope it picks up to 3 days a week. Fingers crossed.

Found it difficult to get my backside out of bed this morning to do a workout but managed to motivate myself this afternoon by picturing myself in a wedding dress.......looking fantastic!

I'm feeling worn out now but it's a good feeling. It feels like I'm actually achieving something and my life is moving forward.

I am really into the nesting mode and have been reading lots of blogs on decorating and entertaining. In particular the Pepper Design blog and Young House Love blog. I can't wait to get into our new home and start entertaining (our unit is too small) and decorating. I'm thinking of getting some practice in with just setting our little 2 seater table for dinner. This is our dining area..........

Entrance table...........

And storage in the entrance at the opposite end to the dining table............

As you can see, it needs A LOT of work to get it presentable, The entrance is actually an enclosed patio but I think that it could look somewhere between ok and decent if I put in some effort.

This is the plan:

• Put shoe rack into garage and put commonly used shoes into some sort of container to go under the hall table or to the side of the door.
• Get a secondhand curtain/calico and hang to cover storage.
• Put nicer decorations on top of hall table (not sure what yet).
• Get/make slipcovers for chairs (may be a little ambitious but what the hey).
• Ditch black iron candle holder thing on the wall for 3 pictures.
• Hang new curtains near dining table.
• Put floor lamp in the garage.
• Clear out the clutter.

Stay tuned for updated photos.

Day 1 of 30 DAY SHRED

Well, I did it! I made it through day 1 of the 30 day shred!

I even ate really well and up until my boyfriend got me a coke, I was on fire!

Bring it on!!!

I have been VERY, VERY slack!

I have been avoiding writing in this blog because it's kind of like eating off of someone else's plate....the calories don't count.

You see, I have been stuffing my face with 'naughty' foods and slacking on the exercise cause avoiding writing about it makes it feel ok. The calories don't count.

So, I've been going nowhere on the weight loss front, but I have picked up some work. I haven't gotten any temp work but I did get a casual job doing data entry for a bookkeeping company that Scott uses. I was freakin on my first day cause I didn't want to stuff up and make not only an embarrassment of myself, but of Scott. Luckily, I was able to suck it up and get on with things.

Now that I have the 'work' situation somewhat under control, I need to get the study, weight loss and housework under control as well.

For the weight loss side of things, I'm going to do the 'Gillian Michaels 30 Day Shred' DVD along with dieting.

You do level 1 for 10 days, followed by level 2 for 10 days and finally, level 3 for the last 10 days. That is NO REST DAYS!! 

I tell you, it better work cause that is a hell of a lot of workouts in a small amount of timeframe.

Weight loss progress photos

Every Monday, I am going to post progress photos of myself in a yellow bikini and also wearing a skirt and top that I once wore in public (and looked good in), many, many moons ago.

WARNING!!!

The following photos could cause sickness. 

I know I felt sick when I saw them.