Life in 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Time seriously flies! It is now the 4th day of February of the year 2011. On the last day of January, I had decided to measure myself and referred to my file where I kept all my measurements. It turned out the last time I had measured myself was on 22 February 2010. I felt motivated to use my new measuring tape which I had bough on Amazon. [I will share that with you in my next post. It might be a useful tool if you lived alone or not wanting to rely on anyone to help you with measuring yourself.]

I must say, after a year plus now, my weight has been hovering or yo-yoing around 85, 86, 87 and now recently 88kg. Yes, I have been eating the wrong things. No, I have not been following my food plan strictly when I said I would. [More on that next time round...]

At least though, "something" has gone down even though it's not my weight!

Measurements

22 February 2010 vs 31 January 2011

Weight: 89.4kg vs 88.4kg (loss 1kg)

Hips: 108cm vs 104.1cm (loss 3.9cm)

Thigh: 67cm vs 67cm

Waist: 84cm vs 84cm

Chest: 105.8cm vs 98.2cm (loss 7.6cm)

Arms: 34cm vs 33cm (loss 1cm)

I would say, I have maintained my weight and that I have taken steps to tone my body. It must be all those hip movements in dance! It also goes to show that it's sometimes not just the weight, there are other indicators to show you are progressing to a more healthy body.

I still am not done with this. More to be done! Who is embarking with me on this adventure for 2011?

Alignment of the Head and the Heart

This morning I listened to a free webinar organized by Adventures in Weight Loss by Annie Barkl, the psychologist who has worked closely with Graham Park as she too went on her own adventure.

It was amazing what she was saying was exactly how I was feeling! One of my previous entries about having a skewed perspective about myself was discussed and even Graham admitted that he too felt the same way when he had lost 40+kg as he looked at himself in the mirror.

Listening to this webinar has really given me more resolve to continue my adventure and not to let my head overrule my heart. This is an excerpt of the conversation my heart and my head has from time to time:

Head: "Man, sticking to this diet is tough. Are you sure it's worth it giving up the pizza, ice cream and fries?"

Heart: "I'm doing this for me. I am choosing to be healthy."

Head: "Healthy? Life is too short to start eliminating all the food that can make you feel good!"

Heart: "Life is not all about food! I am choosing to be in charge of my life and not let food dictate how I should feel!"

Head: "Yeah but you're like cringing at all the attention you're getting now that you have started losing all this weight. It makes you feel uncomfortable! And some people have said they preferred you fat! You were so much cuter when you were just chubby!"

Heart: "They are NOT living MY LIFE! I know you're trying to push my buttons. You're just old programming that needs to be altered! You have to understand, this is the beginning of the REST of MY LIFE!"

Head: "Man, I sure can see that you're really adamant about this thing."

Heart: "Yup, I am. And you know, I would really like you to be a part of this. You're really important to me. What say we work together?"

Head: "How?"

Heart: "I will keep the intention strong in my heart and you can help keep me focused using the head. How does that sound?"

Head: "You know, it sounds like you really know me well. That's my strength!"

Heart: "I have known you for a long time. I'm just getting to understand you better that's all. You and I have a deal?"

Head: "You bet! Let's see how this is going to turn out on 1 January!"

Heart: "Why 1 January?"

Head: "It's nice to look forward to something positive..."

Heart: "I can see you and I are going to make a GREAT team when we're aligned!"

I had intentionally put in some key things that I had picked out from listening to the webinar.

I really liked it when Annie said that next time, when sitting at a dinner table or any other meal for that matter is to sit there smiling to yourself like you have a secret. The secret is, the same time next year, it's going to be a slimmer, healthier and sexier you sitting at that table. Waaah... I can sure imagine that! The adventure continues!

It's all worth it because I'm worth it!