once a week

i made a few posters yesterday to help me with staying motivated. one of them has a picture of me at my fattest and a skinny picture. it says 'you don't have to be fat! choose pretty, healthy and slim! you can do it!' and 'only 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 kilos to go! go go go!' - i'll cross off the kilos as i lose them. another one has a countdown to my birthday on it and i'm crossing out a day every day. it makes me realise that although i have to work hard, it's not such a long time to go and with each cross i'm closer to the goal. i know i'll have to be good once i reach my goal weight because obviously i don't want to put it all back on, but i think it won't be as hard as losing. and by that time, i'm hoping, eating well and exercise will be my second nature.

i've also decided to try and weigh myself only once a week. up til now i weighed several times a day. doing this can be rather demotivating because if i saw a loss, i'd say to myself 'ok, you've done your bit for this week, you can go and stuff your face now' and if there wasn't a loss, i'd think 'the scales are not moving. not much you can do. go stuff your face now.' so i'm going to wait until monday before i weigh myself. i'm hoping for a nice surprise!

i got 'injured' at my tango class yesterday. i was dancing with a lady, i stopped, she didn't. she stepped on my feet and managed to badly break one of my toenails. it bled. it still hurts now when i put weight on it so it's a bit annoying. i'm considering buying closed toe shoes. in case something like that happens again. but first i'd have to find some without suede sole!