Day 11 - Feelings and Emotions...

Oh my gosh, when it comes to feelings and emotions, you certainly walk the gamut of both of these during your weight loss journey. For me my journey was filled with incredible highs and some pretty deep lows in terms of feelings and emotions. The highs always outweighed the lows and the lows, looking back, were very short lived. But I think some of that success came from building the best support network (that I could) around me to help with the dull days. It is only natural to have the dull days. the days where you think, “Oh my gosh, is this day ever going to end?” For me they were often the days where I was hungry or couldn’t exercise because I felt unwell and was craving comfort food. Early in my weight loss journey I read a great quote in a magazine... 

“There is always a rainbow at the end of every rain storm, its up to you to look for it!” 

I still hold that quote close to my heart. 

It helped me remember that nothing stays the same, especially not emotions. Rather than tucking into comfort/junk food and sabotaging my results. I would think about that quote and I would distract myself with other things. I loved the Weight Watchers meetings that discussed this topic and it was comforting to know that I was not alone with these thoughts and feelings. They were a natural part of the process. I would always come away from any meeting feeling great and ready for the next week, because I knew how I was feeling was natural. 

The flip side of the low feelings are the feelings of elation and satisfaction for a job well done. Each week - especially on the days that I had a good loss at the scales. I would be feeling great and that motivation just kept me rolling in the right direction. I would use those feelings to keep going and escalate my results. 

My tip would be, prepare yourself for the good and not so good days and keep building your support network around you. If you are a Weight Watchers member, your meetings, your leader and the other members will be a remarkable support for your weight loss journey and together you will share, laugh, cry but most of all you will celebrate. 

Today,

I wish you...

the ability to handle the different feelings and emotions that you will have to endure, both good and not so good throughout the journey ahead.