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End of week 18 - 3rd January

Starting weight - 12st 4lb

Last weight - 11st 2lbs

New weight - 11st 4lbs

Comments

* With the Christmas period drawing to a close, what has been the damage? I start the year 4 lbs above my lowest weight but just 1 pound over what I consider to be an acceptable weight. Given the circumstances, this is a reasonable starting point for the new year. I have been pretty inactive over the last week and with mince pies and Christmas cake knocking around, some weight gain was inevitable. I look forward to resuming the exercise regime on Monday, weather permitting.

* I wrote a review of my year here which repeats my mantra of the importance of change. Someone on Twitter pointed out how hard achieving change can be and they are absolutely right. It is a fundamental tenet of sound mental health but I must be careful not to underestimate the work involved.

* Speaking of the new year, I have strange feelings about it. On one hand, I have a sense of positivity in that I am looking forward to resuming my healthy living regime and seeing how close I can get to 10st 6lbs. On the other, I was struck earlier in the week by a sense of sadness about returning to work on Monday. In part this is natural of course. After all, who likes going to work? But there was more to it. There was a sense that, after the excitement of Christmas, life is now to return to the routine, dare I say drudgery of real life. In a sense I feel that nothing has changed, the cycle is to be repeated endlessly with no variation, no end in sight. 

Of course it is up to me to ensure that this is not the case. Life is what we make of it. But again I caution myself that applying the changes In want to see is a hard process and it is important not to put too many demands or pressures on myself.

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