Step 7 Post-its to help losing weight

Stick Post-it notes on the fridge with your goals on it or warnings "Stay away from the double cream" for example. Do the same on kitchen presses and cupboards that contain temptations.

These notes will remind yourself why you are doing this. I want to live to a healthy old age, enjoying life with friends and family and that’s what keeps me motivated. 

What's your motivation? Avoid death by Covid? Avoid a heart attack? Be there for the grand children's milestone moments? Enjoy sport again? You probably need some good reason to get you successfully lose weight. Have a think now and latch onto it.

Losing weight and keeping it off is one of the hardest things I’ve done. But I’ve succeeded and so can you. I'm back at 12 pounds overweight because of a few reasons and Covid would be one of them. An ankle injury is another but this blog is not about me. I'm sure you have your own reasons.

Writing these short blogs are actually a strong motivation for me to lose weight as I have decided to share my results with you each day. So far it's not been amazing but that's not because the steps don't work its because I fail to action them. They definitely work and all you need to do is action them yourself. I am not giving up and nor should you. 

The annoyingly easy to stick notes can be placed on white loaves of bread, butter, chocolate bars, secret stashes in biscuit tins hidden in wardrobes. They give you just another chance to say "No" to sinning and giving in to that primal desire to eat and drink what you like.

I listened to yet another diet expert talk about the mental side of things and how useless it is to go on these short term exercises trying to lose weight. She had a point in that its no use doing this dieting and then when you hit the target return to your old ways. The point she misses is that after you and I hit our target weight, which if we keep weight loss in our top three matters of importance to us we will do, then we carry on with the rest of life with an understanding of what we had been doing wrong and knowing how to fix it. 

It's the knowledge gained on the journey to a healthy weight that gives us the ability to stay healthy in the future. This weight loss journey is just arming you with the tools to fix your weight issues in the future.

Footnote - My Progress - This time it's personal!

Today I can report: I'm down a pound and its mainly due to a 6.4k walk that took 97 minutes during which we consumed two mandarins and a sliced apple. By we, I mean the dog and myself and my wife. He, Buttons, thinks he is part of the family and deserves an equal share. Can't recall the last time he shared his nuts with me but he hoy!