Thursday 10 May 2012

Random things that motivate me #005

 Competition

Although the reason behind me doing this VLCD was to ease my crohn's disease into remission, I have had to keep myself motivated in other ways to break my eating habits and, especially as I have started to feel better in my stomach, I've had to keep reminding myself of the various reasons that I am sticking to this diet - aside from preventing belly ache and bloating. One of the things that has kept me motivated the most this week has been my competitive nature.

My scales have broken so I have taken to weighing in every Sunday at my mum's house. My mum is also trying to lose weight. Last week when we weighed in she had lost 2 lbs and I had gained. The sense of competition and wanting to lose as much as, or more than, my mum has kept me on track this week and I have stuck rigidly to this Very Low Calorie No-Solid-Food Diet (Bar, one or two hot drinks that shouldn't strictly have had milk or sugar in. There have been no major slip-ups.). I am aiming for a really strong end to the week with no drinks other than water and my 3 VLCD shakes a day. I am eager to weigh in on Sunday and discover who has been the biggest loser!

6 comments:

  1. Go on and kick Mum's booty! hehehehe

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    1. Thank you! I'll update on Sunday, hopefully to say that I won! ;)

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  2. I understand how you're feeling but you've set great goals. I'm glad that what you are doing is helping you to feel better. that is awesome!!!

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    1. Hello! Thank you for the comment :) It is definitely helping me to feel better. I broke the diet on Saturday and was terribly ill with my Crohn's disease. I won't be breaking it again! ;)

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    1. Thank you for the encouragement! :) I've been 100% on plan today. Looking forward to weigh in day on Sunday!

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