First weigh in (again) and some inner exploring

Hey Guys

Well I was hoping for a good result after last weeks efforts and I got it.....5lb lost!!!
I'm so pleased and its given me a real boost to keep going and has kept me strong this week, I'm hoping to at least hit my first half a stone loss this week so fingers crossed. I've kept within my calories allowance and I'm still cycling to and from work and doing a workout when I come home and I can feel a small difference already which is so exciting!

I've decided not to blog everyday as some days are pretty much the same as the last and I don't want this blog to be a glorified food diary as that just gets boring to read and just as boring to write! So I'll blog when there's something interesting going on or something I want to rant about lol

Those of you that know me personally know that I love weightloss TV programmes such as The Biggest Loser, well my current addiction is watching episodes of Extreme Weightloss on YouTube and its definitely a motivational boost. One of the things I do love about it is that they look at getting rid of the weight but solving the issues as to why that person is obese and its never just because they like the taste of food and its got me thinking about why I'm overweight.
To be honest I'm not 100% sure but part of the reason, I think, is that food is always associated with happy times in my childhood, birthday parties, weekends with my dad and him treating us, baking with my mum etc and part of me thinks that maybe this has made me associate food with being happy and happy times and is programmed into my brain that when I want to feel happy I eat.
Well now its time to replace those thoughts with new, healthier habits, for example I love the buzz I get after exercising and then the thrill of getting on the scales and seeing the numbers going down and no food can really give me the same feeling so why bother with it??

I know that the issues with food I have wont be solved overnight and its going to take a long time for me to think about food normally, or maybe I never will, maybe it will just be a sense of controlling those issues, whatever it may be, I will overcome this and become the woman I long to be

until later xxxx