Lost, confused and at a cross roads!

The last few weeks of my life have been spent in a very refective and contemplative space. I am very aware that my life needs to change and how I am at a critical point in needing that change to commence sooner rather than later. Even though I need this change so desperately I still feel lost as how to make it happen.

I came across this quote and I feel for the moment, and in the absence of any sort of plan, I will need to heed this advice. 

One thing I do know is that I need a strong support on this journey. So in the meantime ( and while I am breathing and trusting) I am going to seek out this person who can help me to find my path. 

Wish me luck and I will keep you posted on how my search is progressing.

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna

Dealing With The Overwhelm!

Sometimes the greatest feeling of overwhelm and stress engulfs me and I really feel at a loss as to what to do. 

Today was definitely one of those days. I had so many different projects going on at work with many different deadlines looming and it really got to me. Coupled with that was a list of things I need to do for my upcoming trip to New York swimming in my head. Come 5p.m I was so addled that I just had to walk away from the desk and reasses my approach. 

This really got me thinking about how I can best manage to keep myself feeling calm and in control. I'm a big fan of Chalene Johnson and she is a very big proponent of the the carefully crafted To Do List. So, this evening I spent thirty minutes diligently going through all the tasks I need to compete and ranking them in order of priority.  I now feel that I am more in control of my day tomorrow and hopefully this will stand me in good stead . 

Tomorrow I'm also going to schedule in some time to my day to start the Chalene  Johnson 30 Day Push challenge as I feel that Chalene can teach me a lot in this area.

 

I'll update the blog with a post following the 30 Days. 

Anna ⭐️

Never a failure, but a lesson!

Sometimes when on a weight loss journey it feels like Day 1 is a far too frequent event. The day starts full of optimism, excitement and a yearning for this time to be different. So how can it be different from all the other days that started with the tag of Day 1? How can we learn from our past selves so that we can craft the present and future selves that we deserve? 

I think Albert Einstein hit the nail on the head with this one. It's important to look at past weight loss endeavours not as failures but as very rich learning opportunities. If we constantly repeat our past actions that have proven unsuccessful then how can we expect a different and more fruitful result! 

So Day 1 needs to involve a lot of soul searching. What has been done in the past that has worked and that can be brought on this leg of the journey? Also, what type of behaviour and actions need to be worked hard on so that they are not replicated this time?

When I came back to this Blog I noticed a past post where I was in a very different place and had lost a lot of my weight. I was instantly tempted to delete that blog post so that I was not reminded of my failure to maintain my weight loss. However, I thought again about what I could possibly take from that past experience that could help me now. 

Never a failure , but a lesson! 

Weigh in complete for week 1 and for the time being I will keep weigh in day for Monday. I will update here every week with my weekly result. 

Anna ⭐️

First Post

Well this is my very first post and as I sit here typing I think why am I setting up this blog.... Well this past year has been full of change for me. It has had extreme highs and in contrast extreme lows also. This highs/lows were as a result of my journey through losing weight. I have lost 6 and a half stone over the past year and it certainly has been one hell of a journey. I am nearing the end of one part of this journey as I have less than 3 stone left to lose, but before I move to a maintenance stage and as I lose the remaining weight I wanted to take some time to contemplate the changes in my life. So the aim of this blog is to help me reflect on my progress and struggles and aid in the adjustment to maintenance. I would also love to think I could help others out there like I was helped. I know only too well the heartache of obesity and i have wasted far too much of my life unhappy. It's time to move on and live my life to the fullest!