Motivation - 10 week weight loss programme

I won and I get to be the Carrie Bradshaw of the slimmer’s world - I am so excited. This is the kick in the arse I’ve been waiting for.

 

My name is Bernie I am 38 years old, I have 4 children under 7 and I weigh a clever 10 stone 7lbs. I say clever because I’m pretty good at hiding my excess weight (from myself especially.)

The biggest shock to me in all of the above is my weight, because in my head my actual weight is 9 stone, exactly where I left off 7 years ago before I ever had children.

 

I’ve never really had the time to address this properly I’ve always found myself either with a new baby, (I’m too tired to care) Just starting to get back fit and healthy and then bang pregnant again where I was so sick survival was my main objective.

 

So this is my big opportunity it’s time to invest in me.

 

At my first appointment my genuine worry is they won’t take me seriously as I don’t really have that much weight to lose. I always assumed program like this were for people that had more weight to lose.

How wrong was I? My personal motivational team member, a lovely girl called Diane, didn’t blink an eyelid at my measly 1 & half stone, she seemed to think I would benefit greatly from the program just as much as anyone else.

 

In my first consultation which took about 75 minutes she explained how the program worked, took me through the tools that would help me and pretty much guaranteed that if I followed the program correctly, that I would be 1 stone lighter for Christmas. Now if that isn’t an incentive…

 

I was weighed, measured and given a food plan. This is a lot of information to absorb but as I have a good enough knowledge of nutrition and what foods are healthy it all made sense. One of the exercises we did was for me to wear a jacket with 1.5 stone weights in it, which demonstrated how heavy the excess weight I have been carrying really is. This was when I had my epiphany. Up until then losing weight was always something I would eventually get around to. It was like I am on the outside looking in. I don’t really have much to lose anyway so there is no rush. Weight is personal so in my head I look 9 stone even if the reality is different.  Different people must reach this point at different stages and maybe if I wasn’t given this opportunity I would be 4 stone over weight before I would do anything about it. I can only imagine what damage this would do to my health both mentally and physically But actually now when I think about it this weight is something that I have put on over a few years and has steadily been accumulating. 1 and a half stone is very heavy when you wear it as additional weights on your body.

 

Why didn’t I get around to doing something about his earlier? I guess, I do have an excuse with the 4 kids and the 4 pregnancies but actually that’s not the only reason. Up until now it was never important enough; I didn’t actually see it as the potential problem it was becoming. By the end of the consultation I was so motivated I really believe I will be one stone down for Christmas. I need to be focused, organized, follow the plan, no more deferral or excuses and then I will have truly won. Thank you for this opportunity…