New and the same

Thank you to everyone who sent me messages, of encouragement or advice for my weight loss. In respect of my blog I also got messages of encouragement and advice. As you can see I'm starting at the beginning as, let's face it, my blog wasn't always about my weight loss - well I've not ultimately lost any weight lol! So this is just me. My views, my days, my thoughts, and hopefully some weight loss, eventually. I hope you like it. Let me know. Lastly I got a lovely message from a relative that simply said that my blog made her laugh, made her cry, and made her think! What more can I say? 

You'll all be pleased to hear that yesterday it was cold enough for me to wear my new coat! So cold it was almost snowing (hail and slush). I was cosy as a bug. In fact after 10 mins walking I had to unzip it ha ha. And tomorrow it's forecast to be sunny and 10° crazy weather.

I've been thinking about how much control we actually have over our own lives. We make decisions constantly and sometimes we make the wrong ones - maybe drinking and deciding it's ok to drive, then getting caught (the best outcome, let's not go there) (I've NEVER done this!), Eating that yogurt that's two days out of date then being sick (yes, I've done this. In fact hubby will tell you I did it to my son when he was a toddler, this I deny strongly). Going to a party on a school night then sitting at work with a hangover the next day (not done this since I was 19!! Um, except maybe once a long time ago, but my boss got me drunk so that's ok. Isn't it?) But life can also throw you a curve ball that's completely out of your control. Life is pootling along nicely then bam! An accident (you or a loved one), death of someone very close, redundancy or losing your job some other way. Divorce or break up. You go to bed and the next day the whole world is locked down. Life is fragile. Things happen that you just can't plan. So devastating you feel your life won't ever feel great again. If any of these things, or others, have happened to you I hope you're doing ok. I'm a strong believer that things always get better, it just might take a while (a very long time sometimes) and I send you love ❤️❤️.

With regards to my weight loss (can't not mention it!) I've decided I'm not making any plans, promises or diets until after Christmas. New year and all that jazz! 

Life does not get better by chance. It gets better by change.

If you want to catch up with my previous blog here's the link - 

Gilly's old blog


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