Well I have had some physical and some psychological successes today.

As you may have noticed, I seem to do a lot of reappraising.  I am the kind of person that constantly needs to know where I am and where I’ll be next (unless I’m being impulsive and decide to go for a wander).  I think, essentially this is where a lot of people struggle with weight loss.  They like to know where they’re going, and plan.  So you can plan “I’m going to lose 1 or 2lbs this week”, but then if it doesn’t happen you’re adrift and feel somehow - unbeknownst to you - your compass has gone severely awry.

That’s what’s been happening to me I think.  I’ve been making these plans, and following my map, but somehow I’ve still gotten lost.  But when I actually look back at the path I’ve taken I discover a few things.  There’s a few landmarks I’ve missed - some essential things I’ve overlooked:

• Losing ounces IS STILL LOSING! I haven’t gained or maintained I have still lost.  I MUST drum this into my head.
• Little things, like olive oil in cooking etc. all count towards points but they’ve sneaked away from my WW points tracker.  Just like every step counts, every calorie does too.

But one of the biggest things I’ve missed, and perhaps to my detriment, is my end destination.  Yes, I had a sub-goal of 9st 2lbs by 21 January 09, and no, it doesn’t look like I’ll make it.  But my true goal doesn’t have a weight attached to it at all.  It’s a body shape, and muscle and tone and happiness.  There’s no numbers involved in that other than those spent on my new wardrobe!  How could I have missed that?  It’s one of my fundamental values but I skated on past it.

So reappraisal it is.  But there’s been success in the real world too, not just my head.  I got my mum to sign up to Weight Watchers as well which is great.  She’s been a bit overweight and unhappy about it for a long time, but hopefully with the two of us working together that’s exactly what we both need to spur each other on.  I’ve set it up so our weigh in days are the same and we’ll work collaboratively.  Good stuff!