Hi Everyone!
Wow the last time I wrote a blog was the 23rd of August! Four months ago I can't believe just how quick the time is going! I do hope each and every single person who is reading this had a lovely Christmas and that it was all ye had hoped for and more....
I also hope that ye have had success at the scales since I was talking to ye last!
So, the last time I wrote a blog I was doing very well on my weight loss journey, I was planning my meals, tracking everything I ate, exercising, drinking water, I had lost nine pounds in a matter of weeks, I was like a model weight loss student- I was blissfully happy with my progress and very optimistic about my future... fast forward two weeks on from the 23rd of August, my journey took a bit of a detour...
I had been undergoing tests for a few weeks regarding my thyroid as it is under active and even with medication I can not seem to get it under control, I had tests to check for certain hormones in the body, one evening the doctor rang and said that the tests came back and the level of Cortisol in my body was quite high and I would have to undergo more tests to determine just how serious the situation was,
I got off the phone from the consultant and that is when I pressed pause on my weight loss, I lost focus immediately and thought "what's the point?" I was quite naive as I didn't think about the hormone until I met with the consultant again and when I did I was completely overwhelmed by all the information I was given the next few months involved a series of tests, scans, and consultations but thankfully everything came back ok and although I have a few minor tests to still undertake in the new year the major tests have been carried out and rule out anything serious!
Over the past few months I have had serious time for reflection.. the call from the doctor frightened me into seriously assessing what exactly it is I want out of my life and when I ask myself that question my initial response is to "be healthy and fit" and currently I am neither of them so I had to make some serious life changes and one was to give up my job. Making a big life change is very scary but do you know I believe that regret is even scarier so I just knew I had to take the risk and move on.....
Anyone that knows me knows that I feel very passionate about my job and career, I loved working as a childcare practitioner but I was five years working in the setting and I had become very comfortable and content in my surroundings, which is great but I knew that if I didn't take charge now that I would keep putting on weight and I would never get the chance to have the life that I so desperately crave.
It was an emotional few months in the run up to me leaving work and there were times when I was seriously reconsidering but I kept thinking of the ultimate goal and I knew that it was the right time.
I finished work on the 23rd of December and on that day I was such an emotional wreck. I will miss my work, each child that has been in my care over the past five years has taught me something, they've inspired me, motivated me, gave me confidence when nobody else did and they provided unconditional love each and every day, I have made memories that will remain with me for ever but I am a firm believer in fate and I know that when one door closes another one opens and the day I sat in my car after finishing work, I drove home in floods of tears but when I got home I felt a sense of excitement- excitement at the thought of what lies ahead for me in the future!
Christmas came and went in a haze, it was lovely and peaceful, new years eve also came and went, it a night that I personally find very emotional so I don't make a big deal about it, I let it come and go then after midnight I watched the fireworks light up the streets from around the globe, they're so bright and beautiful and they made me feel very optimistic about what 2016 has in store for me..
Now I know that with the new year comes the new years resolutions, this year I am just writing a list of things that I hope to achieve for 2016, I plan to take a few months off so I can fully focus on my weight loss, I have no excuse now so its full steam ahead!!!
The things I hope to achieve this year are:
- I want to blog more, I had promised to do it a few months back but life just got too hectic so I'm hoping that with my time off it will give me the time to blog, I want to share every detail of my journey with you, the good, the bad and the ugly!!
- I have an Instagram account ( littlemisssunshineisshrinking- feel free to follow me!) I want to put photos up of my daily meals and post inspiring quotes daily
- I want to plan my meals and keep a food diary each and every day, I want to drink more water and eat more fruit as I'm not really a lover of fruit
- I want to use my Fit Bit and track my progress and add that to my Instagram account, my aim is to walk 10,000 steps each day so hopefully I get that everyday!
- I want to do at least 30 minutes of the treadmill everyday as well as doing weights and doing one of my exercise DVD's
- I want to complete the couch to 5k plan as well as doing a 10k in June (I will get fit in 2016!!)
- I want to travel more, go to more concerts, go to the cinema more and just in general do things that people my own age do!
- I want to read more books- reading is something I used to love and enjoy immensely however I never seemed to have the time so reading is something I really want to do more of.
- I want to write a set of goals at the beginning of each new month and I want to stick to the goals and achieve each of them whatever they may be!
- My ultimate goal is to fit into a dress I bought on New Years Eve, it was a dress I was looking at for months and when I saw it on sale I just had to buy it! There is a catch though- it's about five sizes too small for me so my aim is to wear that green dress next New Years Eve and I will wear it!!
The above are only a few of the things I want to achieve in 2016 and I believe that this year is my year to do all this, it will take a lot of hard work and I'm sure there will be tears involved as well as sweat and the occasional curse word thrown in for good measure! But I know that when I achieve my goal weight I will have achieved something that I have wanted my whole life and I will get there.
2016 is not just another year, it is a new beginning, a new opportunity, a chance to leave the past in the past, its a new opportunity for us all to become who we want to be, a time for us to achieve our dreams and aspirations, leave behind all the negative energy in our lives and embrace all things that are positive...
Each and Everyone of us right now have a choice- Do we want to become the best possible person we can be or do we want yet another year of just existing and not living the life we want and deserve?? The choice is yours and yours alone.. your present circumstances don't determine where you go they merely determine where it is that you start so take the risk today, lets all embark on this journey together and lets make 2016 a year that we will never forget
We can do this one pound at a time...
One Step at a Time...
Stay Strong...
Little Miss Sunshine
xxxx
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