Overweight and Fighting Back

I have been fat for 6 years. There was a time when I got to a size 12 on top and 14 on the bottom. I looked better than I had done in a while and I think my daughter would have been around 3 at the time. What did it was exercise, plain and simple, no quick fix but that's what it was. I was running around 6 days a week or if I wasn't running then I was at the gym. I know I can achieve that again and I most certainly will.

Part of my quest to lose the weight is to cut down on alcohol in a very big way and drink once a wk if that. I know that I had been drinking far too much and I thought that I needed to as it relaxed me and made me feel less stress but the reality of it is that I need to deal with whatever issues are going on in my life rather than numb it with alcohol. i am more or less doing this just now though and really haven't been drinking more than once a wk, and I feel that this is a personal achievement especially as I was having at least 1 glass of wine every evening probably a heck of a lot more. I would beat myself up about it though the following day and it would be a vicious circle of guilt and blame. Yes it helped at the time but the next day it just wasn't worth it at all.

Fitness wise I haven't done a lot this week at all but I have been walking and that's an achievement that will take me closer to my goal.  I have bought my last size 16 piece of clothing and I plan on getting into a size 14 again and hopefully that will be achieved by Christmas but I won't beat myself up and am being realistic. I hope to buy a nice outfit for Christmas because despite finishing maternity leave in a few weeks, I have Christmas off and I want to make an effort this year instead of feeling like a lump. I have been making small changes, in that i am wearing my contacts more and that always makes me feel better, as well as making an effort to wear some make up as well.

If you are on a fitness or self improvement journey, what do you do daily or weekly to make yourself feel better?