My Weight Watchers tracker.

Wow, has it been a long week! Raking in more overtime hours, photography classes, fighting off the plague, and spending time with my hubby have really drained me physically and mentally.

Weigh-in on saturday held no surprises. I maintained my weight which means I didn’t lose any weight, but I didn’t gain either. I’ll take it! Staying motivated on my weight loss journey can sometimes be a challenge. Negative self-talk hits at any time testing my patience, and courage. I try to find inspiration and motivation in many different places. My WW meetings are a huge source of motivation. Sitting in a room with others that “have been there” really helps humble me. Sharing in the celebration when others hit milestones along their journey helps keep me focused and reminds me that my goals are also attainable. I just need to stay on track.

So, being a “visual” person I have found that keeping images around me that I find inspirational really helps. I often pull out my vintage sewing patterns and study the illustrations. The darling dresses, skirts, pants and blouses from the 1940’s-1960’s refocuses my attention back to the task at hand. My goal is to crank down the size of my dress form, stitch these darling items together, and wear them proudly on my new, svelte figure.

My dear friend, Joy, shared a great idea with me. She does her Weight Watchers tracking “old school.” In other words, she tracks by writing everything down instead of logging it in on her WW etools. How does she stay inspired to track? She decorates her tracker with inspirational things. She talked me into doing the same and guess what? It works! I have cut out and pasted photos of some of my favorite pin-ups, classic Hollywood actresses, and models to my WW 3 month tracker. As I have said in my earlier posts I have no unrealistic expectations that I will ever look like those gorgeous women. They simply keep me inspired to push on. Whenever I don’t feel like tracking I simply glance at my whimsically decorated tracker and remember why I’m on this journey: to live a healthy, happy, and fun life.

Liz