Monday, September 19, 2005
I WON A WEIGHT LOSS COMPETITION
This is one big brag but I am soooo excited. 6 weeks ago the Ozgeek forum launched a 6 week weight loss challenge. Today the results were announced and I won. I lost just over 5% body weight in that time. Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel just like a little kid at christmas. Jodie(melbourne) was one of the organisers and she arranged some lovely prizes. I have won a hamper, a cook book, a get fit pack and $140. I have a small MP3 player that I use when walking, but it doesn't hold very many songs. On Sat my son told me to buy an Ipod Shuffle for $149. That will hold 8 hrs of music. What a coincidence. So that is what I will do. So there will be no excuse not to walk because I can add to my repetoire of songs I can sing along to while walking.
Jodie came second so congratulations Jodie. This was well earned because she has been so totally committed to her weight loss program since returning from overseas. Briony won an encouragmnet award of a membership with walking with attitude, so she will be able to join us on our walking challenges in the future. Briony has also turned her whole attitude around and is now so positive and inspirational. Together we have a pact to be 60s girls by christmas AND WE WILL BE.
My attitude to this journey has really changed the past few weeks. The main change is that I am starting to believe that I can do this and keep it off. For most of the time I haven't believed that but now I am starting to believe in myself. Throughout this I have had no support or encouragement from friends or family. My DH (until last Sat)and DSS do not comment and my DS trys to a little I guess but is wrapped up in her own teenage world. My sister says nothing which really hurts but then again she has seen me lose before and put it back on. And of course friends, well we saw that Sat night.
But I now have this whole community which is incredibly supportive and encouraging. This "virtual world" as my Dd calls it of my imaginary friends. well it is thanks to my virtual friends that I do not feel alone on this journey, thanks to you that I keep getting back on the tracks when I fall off, thanks to you that I push myself to exercise and to eat well. As a result I have changed. I am healthier, fitter, smaller and best of all I now like myself again. I have changed my lifestyle not just my diet, and you guys have helped me change my thinking.
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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7:38 pm ::
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