So after my little spaz out yesterday. I got back to my desk after lunch to find alot of emails from friends,  family and people i know in the virtual world all telling me how i just need to snap put of it and to keep up the good work.

I think i just had over done it and i was mentally tired as well as physically tired.

I had planned to go for a bike ride but changed plans and headed to the gym with a friend and it was a good work out. I pushed myself and felt great afterwards.

What i have come to realise is that i have taken years and years to put on this weight,  even though it has creeped on slowly,  i have to accept that it is going to creep OFF slowly... as most of you know i am not a very patient person! I have the tendency to want things NOW!

So with that in mind i just have to keep going. This is a life style change. 

I made this commitment to get myself moving and i am doing that,  but at the end of the day my journey doesn't end on Nov 26th,  this is only the beginning.

To date i have lost 19 kilos.

This week i have a challenge  to do over 1000 skips,  last night i did 500. I remember when my daughter brought her skipping rope home and i gave it a go,  i swear i couldnt do 20 without sweating and breathing like Darth Vader!

Look at me now!
 


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10/17/2011 18:29

You are doing so well!

I think that realising that you aren't going to lose weight and/or get fit overnight is a massive corner to turn.

I have had friends that wanted a "quick fix" and to be fair I felt that they needed to step back and say "hey I took 15 years to put on this weight, so it's not coming off in 2 months".

You rock!!

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Danielle
10/17/2011 18:42

Hey Pauline.

We all have our spaz outs! The mental fortitude training and changing a lifetime of habits takes is very much underestimated by everyone! Be kind to yourself, but don't lose sight of the end goals - your first step is Taupo. But that's just a motivator to the bigger goal - long term good health and happiness.

Congrats on losing all you have so far - you are looking good! You are definatley fitter, stronger and happier than when I first met you all those months ago.

JUST KEEP SWIMMING! (or cycling in your case :P)

d x

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