Does not being consistent leads to disaster and disappointment? Pt11.
Having had an awful week of feeling a lot less than 100%, family commitments, cancelled plans and not logging my food consumption consistently a loss would be surprising.

In last weeks update I think I told you all how my predicted date for reaching my target weight had moved to just this side of November instead of mid November. Which was great as that gives me extra time to get any extra weight I choose off before my awards dinner at the end of November.
This week, despite feeling poorly with the worst summer cold. And despite not getting my exercise and body magic done.
I have lost another 2lbs
That makes 11.5lbs total so far which averages out at just over 2lb a week. I’m thoroughly pleased with that. I’m trying to keep all my meals Slimming World friendly as it’s easier then if I miss logging to know It’s the in between meals that will be causing issues. However, not logging hasn’t done me wrong this week but I know I need to do it because not logging is when you lose sight of what you are truly putting in your mouth. That’s when the weight creeps up.
Even better the 2lb loss has bought my target date even closer to 10th of October! This is very motivating for me, even though the only thing I feel motivated to do right now is sleep!

I also forgot to mention last week that I reached my bronze body magic medal. I was really chuffed to have completed it. Of course I went straight on to the silver but unfortunately due to illness I’m going to have to restart it as I didn’t get it done last week. At least it’s only one week I’m losing rather than having done three and then failing, that would be tough to take. It’s difficult to be motivated when you feel rubbish. Though I’m pretty sure had I been at the week three point I’d have forced myself to go out and complete my body magic.
Does that do more harm than good in the long run though? Being accountable, having a target and risking losing your progress are all strong contenders for me to push myself. However, if you are ill and weak and under the weather, the act of pushing yourself could set you back weeks. I understand that by giving an inch people often take the mile and if SW were to put in some kind of pause for a few days to cover illness it would just be taken advantage of. For ultra competitive people though this could be to their detriment. You need to learn your own body and what is best for it. Struggling to complete 3x30 minutes of exercise a week when you feel like your heads about to fall off it’s so heavy, is probably not looking after yourself.
This healthy life I’m striving for allows me to look after myself and therefore I will go back to silver level one and try again next Monday. I know my body and it’s currently saying I’m tired I need rest so that is what I will give it where I can.
