This month has been a tough one!
2 weeks on holiday in bonnie Scotland! What I fab time we had with some lovely food! Didn't stick completely to the slimming world plan, but used it where I could! Breakfast was often a croissant or a Pain Au Chocolat from the local village shop, where I brought bread rolls for lunch for sandwiches and often with a bit of cake or a pie or pasty!
We had a few lovely meals out in one of the village hotels and always went out drinking every night!
I was pleasant surprised to have come back and only put on 4 pounds! But I did come back with a viral infection and struggled to stick to plan and put on a further 3 pounds the nest week, which I managed to loose the following week!
Seeing as its the last day of the month I decided to set some short goals! I want to get back to 2 and half stone weight loss again and achieve a total of 3 stone all together by the end of the month!
I do have a night out with the slimming world girls on Friday 23rd and marks birthday the week before so to big nights out! But I know I can deal with it.
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
I have lost 2 and a half stone!
It has taken from 02.01.2012 til 18.09.2012, but I have lost 2 and a half stone (35lbs)! I have done it slowly, but I am enjoying myself doing it and not ignoring my social life!
I have done lots of reading on weight loss and fitness over the last couple of weeks to build up my scrap book! One article that I came across listed 101 ideas for motivation to help with weight loss, some of them I am already doing i.e this blog! Another one is make a commitment to completing a race or competition! I have chosen one and have told some people I am doing this! I don't know if I'm ready to tell the whole world on this blog as I feel it will make me to accountable to more people, but I have told the people that really matter and hoping to get a load of support from them! Once I'm ready I will tell the whole world!
what I will still I am upping my fitness plan and it involves running, which starts tomorrow!
I have done lots of reading on weight loss and fitness over the last couple of weeks to build up my scrap book! One article that I came across listed 101 ideas for motivation to help with weight loss, some of them I am already doing i.e this blog! Another one is make a commitment to completing a race or competition! I have chosen one and have told some people I am doing this! I don't know if I'm ready to tell the whole world on this blog as I feel it will make me to accountable to more people, but I have told the people that really matter and hoping to get a load of support from them! Once I'm ready I will tell the whole world!
what I will still I am upping my fitness plan and it involves running, which starts tomorrow!
Friday, 14 September 2012
This month so far!
First weight in this month on Tues the 4th of September I came out of class buzzing! Which refocused and recharged me at the beginning of that week. I wanted to aim for the big looses again so wrote a fitness plan as well as my weekly food plan! In my fitness plan I have also included some new classes including Pilate's and Zumba which I am enjoying!
I also started to keep a scrap book of ideas, thoughts and feeling to help me keep focused and refocus me where needed! It includes fitness ideas and recipes to.
What do I have to do, to get back the big weight loose? try new recipes and stop picking at the wrong foods and to have more self discipline! This means my attitude and habits have to change!
I also need to remind myself of what I have achieved! I have lost over two stone and have kept it of....something I have never achieved so far! When I have done other plans, my biggest draw back was not staying to group, but I have this time and have never missed a meeting so far (is it becoming a good crutch?) so much so that our annual holiday is going to be in this country so I can still attend a slimming world group! I have also made some really good friends, that I hope will last a lifetime!
Need to also remind myself that I am loosing the weight for myself and no one else and I have to do it to be able to ride again!
A technique that I am going to try is to use the power of the voices in my head to talk myself out of wanting the things that are going to affect my weight loss.
I had a big challenge on Saturday the 8th as went to Blenheim Horse Trails (burger vans etc) so I had planned ahead food wise and was very good, until I got home and went to the pub and had 6 vodkas (15 syns) and a bottle of wine (24 syns).
Unbelievably on Tues the 11th I recorded a loss at weight in, but since then I haven't really been motivated! I have tonight done a thought chart on why I started this journey, what I have achieved so far and what I want to achieve by Xmas
I also started to keep a scrap book of ideas, thoughts and feeling to help me keep focused and refocus me where needed! It includes fitness ideas and recipes to.
What do I have to do, to get back the big weight loose? try new recipes and stop picking at the wrong foods and to have more self discipline! This means my attitude and habits have to change!
I also need to remind myself of what I have achieved! I have lost over two stone and have kept it of....something I have never achieved so far! When I have done other plans, my biggest draw back was not staying to group, but I have this time and have never missed a meeting so far (is it becoming a good crutch?) so much so that our annual holiday is going to be in this country so I can still attend a slimming world group! I have also made some really good friends, that I hope will last a lifetime!
Need to also remind myself that I am loosing the weight for myself and no one else and I have to do it to be able to ride again!
A technique that I am going to try is to use the power of the voices in my head to talk myself out of wanting the things that are going to affect my weight loss.
I had a big challenge on Saturday the 8th as went to Blenheim Horse Trails (burger vans etc) so I had planned ahead food wise and was very good, until I got home and went to the pub and had 6 vodkas (15 syns) and a bottle of wine (24 syns).
Unbelievably on Tues the 11th I recorded a loss at weight in, but since then I haven't really been motivated! I have tonight done a thought chart on why I started this journey, what I have achieved so far and what I want to achieve by Xmas
Monday, 3 September 2012
Self Esteem
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”
― Marilyn Monroe
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.”
― Harvey Fierstein
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection”
― Siddhārtha Gautama
“When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.”
― Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart
“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”
― Mark Twain
“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
― Siddhārtha Gautama
“I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
“There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls
“That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To keep their love, you keep pretending - performing. You get to love your pretence. It's true, we're locked in an image, an act - and the sad thing is, people get so used to their image, they grow attached to their masks. They love their chains. They forget all about who they really are. And if you try to remind them, they hate you for it, they feel like you're trying to steal their most precious possession.”
― Jim Morrison
― Marilyn Monroe
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.”
― Harvey Fierstein
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection”
― Siddhārtha Gautama
“When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.”
― Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart
“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”
― Mark Twain
“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
― Siddhārtha Gautama
“I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
“There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls
“That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To keep their love, you keep pretending - performing. You get to love your pretence. It's true, we're locked in an image, an act - and the sad thing is, people get so used to their image, they grow attached to their masks. They love their chains. They forget all about who they really are. And if you try to remind them, they hate you for it, they feel like you're trying to steal their most precious possession.”
― Jim Morrison
Self-esteem
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Self-esteem is a term in psychology to reflect a person's overall evaluation or appraisal of his or her own worth. Self-esteem encompasses beliefs (for example, "I am competent", "I am worthy") and emotions such as triumph, despair, pride and shame[1]. 'The self-concept is what we think about the self; self-esteem, the positive or negative evaluation of the self, is how we feel about it'.[2] A person’s self-concept consists of the beliefs one has about oneself, one’s self-perception, or, as Hamlyn (1983: 241) expresses it, "the picture of oneself". Baumeister (1997) described self-concept as totally perception which people hold about him/ herself (p. 681). It is not the "facts" about one-self but rather what one believes to be true about one-self (Sarah Mercer, p. 14). Early researchers used self-concept as a descriptive construct, such as ‘I am an athlete’ (Rosenberg 1979).
Recent theories adapted self-esteem with more evaluative statements like ‘I am good at tennis’ (Harter 1996). The latter statement not only describes the self, as the individual identifies herself or himself, but evaluates the self by putting worthiness on it. Therefore, self-esteem is defined as both descriptive and evaluative self-related statements. As a social psychological construct, self-esteem is attractive because researchers have conceptualized it as an influential predictor of relevant outcomes, such as academic achievement (Marsh 1990) or exercise behavior (Hagger et al. 1998). In addition, self-esteem has also been treated as an important outcome due to its close relation with psychological well-being (Marsh 1989). Self-concept (i.e. self-esteem) is widely believed to be composed of more than just perceived competence, and this leads to the relative degree of evaluative and cognitive beliefs of the construct.
Self-esteem is viewed as the most evaluative and affective of the three constructs (Harter, 1999a). Overlay, self-concept is considered as the beliefs about perceived competence and self-evaluative in a specific domain. Self-esteem can apply specifically to a particular dimension (for example, "I believe I am a good writer and I feel happy about that") or have global extent (for example, "I believe I am a bad person, and feel bad about myself in general"). Psychologists usually regard self-esteem as an enduring personality characteristic ("trait" self-esteem), though normal, short-term variations ("state" self-esteem) also exist.
Synonyms or near-synonyms of self-esteem include: self-worth,[3] self-regard,[4] self-respect,[5][6] and self-integrity. According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, "self-love" is "the instinct or desire to promote one's well-being";[7] while La Rochefoucauld considered 'that amour-propre (self-regard) is the mainspring of all human activities'.[8]
Low self-esteem
Low self-esteem can result from various factors, including a physical appearance or weight, socioeconomic status, or peer pressure or bullying.[22]
Low self-esteem occasionally leads to suicidal ideation and behaviour. These can include self-imposed isolation, feelings of rejection, dejection, insignificance, and detachment, and increased dissatisfaction with current social relationships. A lack of social support from peers or family tends to create or exacerbate stress on an individual, which can lead to an inability to adjust to current circumstances.[23] Drug abuse and forms of delinquency are common side effects of low self-esteem.[24]
A person with low self-esteem may show some of the following characteristics:[25]
- Heavy self-criticism and dissatisfaction.[17]
- Hypersensitivity to criticism with resentment against critics and feelings of being attacked.[17]
- Chronic indecision and an exaggerated fear of mistakes.[17]
- Excessive will to please and unwillingness to displease any petitioner.[17]
- Perfectionism, which can lead to frustration when perfection is not achieved.[17]
- Neurotic guilt, dwelling on and exaggerating the magnitude of past mistakes.[17]
- Floating hostility and general defensiveness and irritability without any proximate cause.[17]
- Pessimism and a general negative outlook.[17]
- Envy, invidiousness, or general resentment.[17]
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Wow, what a month so far!
This month started with a bang this month! Lost a total of 6 pounds in the first 2 weeks, but put on 4 and a half pounds on last week. I am not upset or obsessing over it! Why? Because it was all my own doing and enjoyed every minute of it! I had a week of and spent every night at the pub and also celebrated my birthday on Saturday!
What am I going to do about it this week? Stick to plan, exercise everyday and write everything down. I need to loose what I put on and more! I must do it!
Exercise plan for the week! Wifit tomorrow and Thursday am, then gym and or swimming on Friday through to Monday. Plus also allotment and helping out at the show on bank holiday Monday!
What am I going to do about it this week? Stick to plan, exercise everyday and write everything down. I need to loose what I put on and more! I must do it!
Exercise plan for the week! Wifit tomorrow and Thursday am, then gym and or swimming on Friday through to Monday. Plus also allotment and helping out at the show on bank holiday Monday!
Sunday, 29 July 2012
Highs and lows
This week has been a week of highs and lows! My main high was my weigh in on Tues when I hit my first goal of loosing two stone. Other highs include having been to the gym and swimming and I even managed 30 lengths today. Lows have been going out 2 times this week and drinking far to much alcohol and lacking self discipline which the chocolate that is sat in the cupboard.
But tomorrow is another day and I am going to be really good and I am even going to the gym again after work!
Trouble is I have relaxed to much after such a big loss and lacked a bit of self discipline this week. Just got to remember why I am doing this! I will get back on a horse again!
But tomorrow is another day and I am going to be really good and I am even going to the gym again after work!
Trouble is I have relaxed to much after such a big loss and lacked a bit of self discipline this week. Just got to remember why I am doing this! I will get back on a horse again!
Saturday, 28 July 2012
Self Discipline
self-dis·ci·pline (s lf d s -pln)
n.
Training and control of oneself and one's conduct, usually for personal improvement.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published byHoughton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
self-discipline
n
the act of disciplining or power to discipline one's own feelings, desires, etc., esp with the intention of improving oneself
self-disciplined adj
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
Yesterday I totally lacked self-discipline, hence the reason for today's blog with the same name. I went out with the intention of just having one wine last night, as I had already used up the days syns (on chocolate), but one led to another, which then led to more!
Here is an interesting link, which has some tips and ideas that may help (some I could change slightly)!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/wellbeing/5899818/How-to-improve-your-self-discipline.html#
Also take a look at this
http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/self-discipline/
and this
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/06/self-discipline/
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