Sometimes you have to dig your heels in!

So, I  was having this conversation with a friend of mine, bemoaning how much I was struggling to keep abreast of my weight loss plan blahdy blah and then she just asked me outright if i have ever considered that this was how I was meant to be?  My response was that yes, but I instantly dismiss it as a negative thought! So fast forward to today then, after having recorded one of my better weight losses my own darling husband ( well not so darling in this moment) tells me he can't see the benefit of the exercise that I do, that its just social. Well I was indignant, mad hurt and bemused all at once . After all,  I feel fitter than ever before, I can do things I couldn't before,. Before I started going to Zumba  I was unable to consistently maintain a high level of cardio activity  for very long, I could not even bend down properly without assistance. Now don't get it twisted ( note to me too) he was just calling it as he sees it but bearing in mind I was in the middle of saying how happy I was that I had lost 5 and 1/2 pounds its not a cool time to slap a girl down!

One of the other bonus of going to these classes is that i have been able to sustain them,  ie. i keep going,   so it plays to my nature, his nature is DIY not of the home fixing kind, rather though he is good at doing his own thing with regards to exercise by himself - i think he would like me to be more like him ( well that makes me laugh ) and he is a bit of a show off.  I believe you have to know and understand certain things about yourself, I have tried in the past, to do this, with and without aids, Lateral thigh trainer, exercise DVDs,  the big ball thing to name but a few, but i never manage to sustain them for any substantial amount of time, definitely not enough to make any difference, besides anyone who knows me knows how easily distracted I am!

He thinks I should do more targeted exercise, which he could have a point, but putting me down when i am on a high is not going to convince me,  getting fitter has convinced me to walk more. My dislike of walking is legendary, but hey i have managed to over come it.  I have accepted that i am on the scenic route, so peeps, it you can not say it constructively you may as well not bother to say it at all!  For now, slimming world is ensuring a healthy and varied diet, and the exercise means my weight is generally stable if not going exactly in the direction I would want and I am not saying I am not open to correction or to learn new ways.