And the Mule fell....

Yes, today, I've finally seen 62 62.2 to be exact - that's 800gms down from yesterday.

It has reminded me of how I've always believed that the secret to weight loss was consistency, and eventually the scales will follow suit. This was the truce I drew up on my war - forgot to mention this part - the agreement I made was that I would treat my body consistently well with nutrition and exercise - no extremes (both positive and negative ones) so that my body could rely on always being supplied well nutritionally for the tasks at hand, and in return by not having to guess at what I would ask of it next - it would start to provide more consistent and reliable results on the scales. An 800gm drop may not seem like a steady one, but I think that this is where I deserve to be based on my eating and exercise schedule over the last few weeks. It has just taken a consistent approach to get the scales to finally give in and agree with me.

I think I've rediscovered my mojo. I've found myself returning to some old weight loss habits:

Making food decisions based on what weight I want to see on the scales in the morning. You see this is where I think the "weigh once a week practice" falls down. Last night when I was hungry and thinking of eating something I shouldn't, I was motivated by my old mainstay question - do you want the chocolate - or do you want to see 62 kgs in the morning? I put the chocolate away, because I really want to see the scales move. If you only weigh once a week - can you only use that tactic once a week? It would be too far away for me to make a difference. And I have two responses to the morning weigh in. If its higher than what I wanted: "Damn you scales I will beat you" - and it spurs me on to reevaluate my food choices, and work even harder during the day or "Yes, I did it - what's my next goal!"

Visualising where I want to be. I find visualisation techniques really powerful for both weight loss and running. When I train, I visualise crossing the finish time of the race I'm training for, and what it will feel like having achieved a certain time, or other goal. For weight loss - I visualise myself with a certain body shape, or in a certain outfit that I really want to look good in. Right now I'm visualising myself 10kgs lighter looking extremely slender but muscular/toned - and there are a few pieces of clothing I want to get back into - so I'm picturing them to. Well I still fit into them, but I currently don't like the way they look.

So - not surprisingly - my next goal is to see a weight in the 61's and I really want to be under 60kgs for the City to Bay - which is 4 weeks away. I'm sure I can do this!


By the way - s big thank you to CalorieKing. I'm feeling a little stupid - but I've been using the Nutrition and Exercise Manager for about a year now, really enjoying it but frustrated with the American database of foods. Yesterday I discovered that they have an Australian site, with an Australian Database - and the appropriate software. I emailed them and they have agreed to refund my money on the American one so that I can buy the Australian one! This was really good customer service - and it now makes their software heaps better than the weight watchers one. It is sooo easy to enter the foods (that I normally had to enter manually), and I really like the way it gives you your breakdowns into cal/fat/protein and the way it adjusts your calories based on your exercise. Its just fab now to have it "Australianised"

And yes, I'm still home, sick, hence all the posts. Last night I was meant to be running - but not good for a sick bod -so I walked on the tready again. Did you know that my treadmill doesn't record more than 99 mins and 99 seconds? I do now - have found this out over the last two nights!