Dear weight loss diary…

I have been trying to lose the baby weight I put on during and after the adoption of the Witchlings for a whole week now and I am thrilled to report that I have lost 1.5lb!!!

I have to admit that this is a bit of a miracle, as we went away for a long weekend (hence no diary entries) and I fell spectacularly off my eating plan. Does chocolate fudge cake count as diet food? So now that I have escaped by the skin of my teeth I am into the second week of my mission to lose my ‘baby weight’. I am more determined than ever to keep to my eating plan and lose even more.  I might even hit my mini target of getting half a stone off by Christmas.

Today I have been thinking about my family’s attitude towards my attempts at weight loss and sadly the word sabbotage keeps springing to mind!  It is a fact that our families, especially our children, do not like change.  They may not mean to harm us or sabbotage our efforts but they inevitably will.  Consider, the Witchlings and Tobes over the last week.

The Witchlings are by nature, very kind and thoughtful little people, and Tobes is generous to a fault. The problem with this comes when, as soon as I revealed my plans to lose my baby weight, they suddenly wanted me to have just a little bite of this, or that…. and ’surely just one biscuit wouldn’t hurt?’ ‘I love you exactly as you are! Don’t lose too much weight’ I recognise the pattern. The Witchlings, like all children, have an image of what makes me their mummy in mind. If I do anything to change that image, they feel threatened and insecure.

The problem is that just one biscuit WILL hurt in the long run and regardless of how much Tobes loves my curves, if I don’t love myself when I look in the mirror or am panting to keep up with the kids on a long walk, then it’s my duty to myself to do something about it.  Not for the Witchlings, and not for Tobes, for ME.

The secret to disarming these sabbotage tactics is to ask yourself, in the face of the spam sandwich, or gingerbread latte, just why do you want to get rid of the weight. Keep reminding yourself of all the positives that will come from losing the baby weight.  These thoughts are more nourishing for you than a chocolate orange - trust me.

Your physical shape as mummy may alter and your children will get used to it. What will also change will be the amount of energy that you have to spend with your kids. Imagine being able to run around and play football with your son and not end up hopelessly out of breath, or play on the swings with your daughter without fear of getting wedged on the swing until the fire brigade turn up!  Keep that in mind and resist the sabbotage!

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