Support doesn’t always need to be positive.

Well, if you’ve been reading you’ll know that much of my motivation lately has been due to not wanting to lose face when being weighed in by the PT weekly.  This week, due to a few barbeques on the weekend, a few too many Vodka Cruisers and a short week (since I weighed in two days late last week) I only lost 0.2kgs at my weigh in this morning.

My flippant “well, at least it’s not a gain” was met by a very stern, “no - that’s not good enough” followed by a lecture. The key points of the lecture were:

• I must learn NOW that everything that goes into my mouth has a calorie value, and to make the best choices.
• The time of year is NO EXCUSE - there will always be social situations.
• Vodka and diet coke or soda would have done just as well without blowing my calories.
• If I don’t develop good habits now the weight will simply come back on later.

He was right. The time of year really is no excuse and I must ingrain these habits now, so they won’t slip later.  Negative feedback is sometimes exactly what you need to keep on track. I’m expected to lose a full kilo this week, and I’m determined to at least be able to report that I stuck to my eating and exercise plan the whole week.