2014 Snapshot

Most people will tell you what a hard/bad/broke year 2014 was - including myself.

Up until September, I was well on my way to successfully realizing a few of my Twenty Wishes. Then a double whammy work bombshell hit and it was downhill for the rest of the year.

Exercise & getting fit took a backseat and I gained 8kgs in a few months.
Besides gaining weight - the additional side effects of not exercising is that is negatively affects your state of mind.

Clearing out my phone and looking through all the photos I took in 2014, I was surprised to discover that work has clouded my mind into thinking that it was all bad, when in fact - it was not.

I heard a wonderful idea on Stacey Norman's show today & she posted it on Facebook. Instead of resolutions, start a "Rememberlution" jar. You write down all the great stuff that happens to you throughout the year and place them in the jar. Then, on 31 December, instead of making promises you can't actually keep, you open the jar and reflect on all the awesome.

I love the sound of this. I will be doing this in 2015, but if I had done it in 2014, my jar would have looked something like this:

Low & no I am not referring to my weight!

Feeling very low today.

Most of my clothes don't fit and despite all my exercising, healthy eating and detoxing, I have lost 1 kg since starting gym at the end of July.

I am now including Multivitamins in my daily routine and let's see if this helps.

I was on such a high yesterday after receiving my Thailand tickets and then I realised that I am still going to look like a beached whale on the beach and I won't be able to wear any of the cute clothes that are perfect for the beach holiday I have dreamed about for years.

I just feel like giving up.

Maybe it is time to go to a doctor and test my thyroid? I just don't want to be one of those people that blames everything else for the reason I can't lose weight.

Does it take this long? Seriously?