This has become my mantra. It has helped me so much this week!, every time I want to go and raid the biscuit jar at work or the box of charity chocolates I tell my self, Don’t give up what you want most for what you want right now,  It reminds me of the bigger picture what do I really want and is that behaviour going to get it for me.

And its not just about food, its the exercise too. I think about sleeping in and not getting out of my warm bed and my mantra comes back and I get up and do it. I am going to apply that to my finances too, I have a habit of buying little things that are cheap or because they are on special but I am going to hold back and save for that family trip to Disney World I want for next Christmas.  

They say it takes 21 days to break a habit, so I am 14 days in and at the moment I am going strong. I lost 1.9kg this week. That takes me to 116.2kg, I have not weighed that for around 7 years when I was doing sure slim. I have resolve this round and the fact the scales are going down is helping. I do worry that when I hit a plateau or put on that is going to put me into a spiral. I know that in the past when I don’t see results or I put on I get really down on myself and so starts the spiral back to my unhealthy ways. However now I have recognised that is a trigger so I am going to try really hard to not let it happen.

I have a massive weekend this weekend, a girlie catch up with a Thai meal attached, a beef and beer class (I don’t drink beer so hopefully that will be a minimal problem) with my hubby on the Saturday and a kids party on the Sunday. The Girls night is the one I am most concerned about as they like a drink and generally so do I and Thai is generally shared plates eek. What makes me most concerned is the Tapas class I did last week. Boy was that and eye opening experience! the added oil and fat and cheese that is added to restaurant meals and that is hidden shocked me, I knew that it was not always the healthiest option but even things I thought would be ok or the healthy alternative are not always so.

I am going to get through this weekend chanting my Mantra and work hard to stick to my plan and exercise. Have a good week