I've been doing some thinking

When I joined WW back in January, one of my motivations came from the realisation that I wasn't actively living my life any longer. I was quite happy to just sit back and exist from day to day, well happy wasn't really what I was but I was comfortable doing that. After my little light bulb moment, I realised that that was an incredibly sad state of affairs for anyone let alone someone who is only 28. That evening I signed up to WW.

In 12 weeks I've learnt some amazing things about myself and my ability to actually achieve goals when I put my mind to them but somewhere in the last month the wheels have become a bit wobbly. I'm not really sure why or what happened. But instead of following the program, that I know works by the way, I started to make little allowances for myself, like not exercising as much as I need to or having a treat food more often than I should. Today I sat down a looked over my weekly tracker and was shocked to see that I was having a 'treat' nearly everyday, I've only kind of been sticking to my points and I've been to the gym twice in the last two weeks. When did that happen and probably more importantly, why?

Old habits are hard to break and sometimes without even realising it they reappear in your life. It's not until you are given a reason to take stock of where you are and how you are going that you see patterns for what they really are without making excuses as to why they occurred.

I have read two very interesting blogs from Craig Harper in the last few days. One was about the Discomfort Theory and the other was about getting out of your own way. It's amazing how sometimes information like this falls into your lap at the time you need it most. Both of these articles really made me sit back and think about my journey over the last 3 months. I started well but after my first gain things became a little shaky. I thought I glided through it but on reflection I've been fooling myself a little bit. I really need to get out of my own way and let this program work as I know it does. I need to learn how to manage me more and be actively involved in my day to day self so I can see bad habits when they first reappear and nip them in the butt.

The discomfort theory is something I found fascinating and so very true. I have spent most of my life staying in my comfort zone. That comfort zone that let me eat what I wanted with no moderation and never worry about things like calorie content, nutritional value or how the heck I was going to work off that 800 calorie piece of chocolate cake. The theory really is very simple, do the same things and you will continue to get the same results. Transformation comes through getting uncomfortable.

So here I sit at 12.57am contemplating wether I want comfort or transformation. The answer is easy, I want the later. It's time to get uncomfortable because I've come too far to let it all go now.

This week my plan is going to be very simple (in theory):

1. Stick to my points
2. Track every morsel that passes my lips
3. No treats for one week
4. Go to gym at least 4 times in the next 7 days

As of right now, I choose to get out of my own way and let myself succeed.