Hiya, just want to echo what Malaika,
when i was trying to hit target, i was trying so bloomin hard. i was 100% all of the time, spending so much money on fruit, avoiding social situations to avoid bad food, and i wasnt being rewarded with good weight loss.. i was so stressed and tence and it was all i could think about, and i started to loose my enthusiasum, i knew it worked.. sw always works, but i couldnt fingure out why this last 5 lbs was taking so long.. then one day, my c turned round to me and said, if you knew you had to spend the rest of your life avoiding social situations and being unhappy, just to constantly strive to lose those last few lbs, would i? or would i take the time to enjoy life, and acept myself as i am. .. what she said got me thinking, and that week i decided i would get to target when ever i did, but i sure aswell wasnt going to risk my happiness (and sanity! lol) for it. So i decided i was going to concentrate on just relaxing, and enjoying my days.. be on plan, but not to obsess.
Do you know what.
i didnt plan one single meal. I just took each meal as it came, with what i had, i was as good as i would have been, but those few extra syns.. so what. im happy..
and in that week i lost 3lbs. I didnt eat any extra fruit, i didnt exercise, i didnt drink any extra water, or plan any of my meals to the point of stresss..
and the following week i did the same.. and i lost 2lbs..
and i hit target, passed my driving test, and qualified as a hairdresser all on the same week, so when i went up to head office the following week for Young Slimmer of The Year 09, i could honestly, hand on heart.. stand up and say .. iv never been happier..
so when i came secound, even though i did feel the winner was the most deserving, ( and not because i felt i was either..) .. i knew i had won, because i could honestly say i LIKE me. I LOVE me. I'm HAPPY. and that, is what i was in this for, thats what i wanted.
So when i gain a lb here or there.. i dont stress.. because if i stress.. its not enjoyable, and you dont do somthing thats not enjoyable for life do you? sw for life.. so you might aswell enjoy it.
anyways, what im saying is, take a breath. tell yourself, your doing this right, so you cant change any of that.. you just need to relax.. xx