Acknowledgement

That is something I fail to give myself on a regular basis. I know I started my 1000 actions project on 01.03 but I have been taking focused and persistent (which can be something I give up on easily) action since beginning of January. It was not a New Years resolution but 6 months had past from my operation and I felt strong and mended enough to get rid of that weird animal that is sitting on my stomach and I have no control over (the operation left me with very unresponsive stomach muscles and no feeling in the middle of my stomach).

Got myself a trainer and have worked out with her twice a week since then. I also do another two workouts a week by myself. I have recorded my food intake and been very very honest. And I have tried not to go on a diet as such but change what I eat and see what impact it has. I have been through a macrobiotic phase and mainly protein phase. None of it really suits me and I just do not want to be on a diet. I want to be free, take it or leave it and not worry that I will put on weight as soon as I put food in my mouth. So I guess I have been eating quite intuitively but looking at the results concerning carb, fat and protein percentages and also vitamins and mineral. I am also still not drinking any alcohol, my little 'aversion exercise' worked amazingly well and I have had zero desire for any kind of alcohol, even if it sits right in front of me. My recorded average calorie intake is 1350 per day since beginning of January, so put on another 150 calories for all the things I have not gotten completely right when writing them down and I am at 1500 calories a day. I am really proud of these things and give myself an official pad on the back.

The only fly in the ointment is that I have not been rewarded with weight loss. Yes the scales moved a smidgen this week and I was ecstatic. But that was the first movement in a month and about 1 lb. I have lost some centimetres from around my waist but that is just about it. My sister said I have a body build for famine and she is probably right. I am brilliant at holding on! Is it mental? Is it physical? I have no idea but I am not giving up doing what I am doing.

 

14. Burst training

15. EFT Improving eye-sight experiment wk1 day 5 & eye exercises

16. Indulged my shower & bath gel fetish and tried my new Mimosa from Philosophy (very subtle can hardly detect the smell, but it is a brilliant body wash and shampoo)

17. Acknowledged what I have achieved in the last two months (feels pretty good and it confirms that I should not measure my success by what the scales say)