D-Day......

Well it is D-Day for my challenge and I am apprehensive but will be fine I think based on the information I am being given. According to my mother in law there are a few people going who only eat healthy foods so I am a happy camper that there will be food there that I can eat no problems. DH is planning on making a burger before we leave but I'm in two minds about it. On the one hand a burger sounds nice but if I eat one before I go, then I will not have had enough vegetables for the day and if I don't eat then I am taking a risk that there will be food available when we get there as DH seems to think that all the food will be gone by the time we get there as the time states the party starts at 5:47pm and finishes at 11:37pm. I am thinking I shall have a small snack before I go just so I can say I've eaten something in case the food is gone but also take a couple of snacks with me just in case the food has gone before we arrive.

On another topic, I've managed to get to the stage where I am on the downward path after having lost 600g on Wednesday at weigh in. I can now see a brighter future as a slimmer person. I can walk on the treadmill and not be as sweaty as I was when I first started, I can go 90 minutes on the treadmill without stopping and do 30 minutes with weight machines and not feel like I have done too much. I am succeeding slowly and that success will continue until I am beautifully thin at which point I can say that I look radiant and elegant.

My mantra words from The Living End this week are helping me along my journey. Their song "To The End" is very appropriate now that I am on the downhill track. The words particularly moving for me are:

Countdown toward the end now
No need to panic, no need to panic now

I've come this far I'm never turning back

'Til the end, 'til the end
I'm never gonna give up- 'til the end, 'til the end
I'm not gonna stop til I've tried, not until I'm satisfied
Until I get what I want, 'til I get what I want
Until I get what I need, til I get what I need, til I get what I want!

Now you're back against the wall
And you've made your final call
Do you have any last requests at all?
When the chips are down
And life as you know it is upside down
Pick yourself back up and turn it around

We all feel like we are never going to get to the end of our journeys. We are always struggling with either motivation, food cravings, unhealthy options available, willpower and the thought that our journey is so long, we can't possibly attain such a mammoth goal. However this is not the case and there are so many people out there trying to keep going who have worked out strategies of coping so they can keep going. My strategies have ranged from drinking more fluids, exercising more to leave more points available for special nights, looking at my old photos of when I was obese and realising how far I have come, even just the slight changes such as a looser waistband on my skirts/shorts/pants etc, treating myself to things I wanted as momentum to keep going like a magazine, diet foods, new clothes, a fit ball, dyeing my hair etc. These are all things that can be used to help you along your journey and it has certainly helped mine. I even count how many centimetres I have lost off my body and I've charted it to show myself how my body has changed. I was told about a site called virtual model which can show what you will look like when you get to your goal. I've yet to look because I am scared of what I will see but I know I am almost there so maybe trying it will not be so bad. I hope for those of you who can't see an end to your journey just yet to try the site out too so that it can give you that hope to keep going. Now time to get ready for my challenge. We have also been invited to utilise the pool tonight so I will be getting my cossie on just in case I feel it necessary to have a dip in the pool.

Until next time,