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21 Days of Accountability – Day 20

by Chavah Kinloch on August 31, 2010

Twenty days. Two Zero. I’m almost finished! I say that with a touch of sadness but a lot of happiness because this has been really great for me.

Today’s tip is a tip that is often overlooked but it has great significance in the weight loss journey.

Find some support.

This is really important.

Knowing someone’s got your back can help you do things you never realised you could do.  When you’re venturing out to drop a lot of weight, you need someone who believes in you to be there. It is not easy to change your life but it’s a heck of a lot easier to do when people around you are willing to help you reach your goal.

My biggest support by far has been my husband. I have to give him a lot of credit.

Having his support has been essential to me. When he eats right, I want to eat right, when he works out, I want to work out. Feeding off each others positive energy is amazing.

My kids have also been great. They’re only young but they ask plenty of questions about exercise, food and drink. I’m sure you all know what kids and questions are like. Yeah.. never ending! Having to explain things to them keeps me accountable. After all I’m a massive role model in their lives, I really should be practicing what I preach.

Then there’s the Creating My Reality community. I said I would use my blog to find supporters and that’s exactly what happened. I want to thank each and every person that took the time to interact with me these last 20 days. Social media is a powerful tool in society nowadays and reconnecting with old friends and connecting with new friends because of these posts has been wonderful. I really do thank you all. Each person that took the time to say something has made me smile, made me try that little bit harder. I hope that you’ve gotten as much out of these posts as much as I have.

Do not overlook/underestimate the importance of having even just one person who will stand beside you and say “You CAN do it.”

I hope you can find that someone who will be there for you too. That’s your challenge today. :)

I’ll see you all tomorrow DAY 21!

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21 Days of Accountability – Day 14

by Chavah Kinloch on August 25, 2010

It’s weigh in day.

Week two, done and dusted. I’ve been on track for 14 days now. There’s only one week left to push through for this challenge. I know it’s helped me, in so many ways. New, good habits are definitely taking over my life.

Wanting to exercise has been easy. I’m working out everyday and really enjoying myself. I’m finding that I would happily go to the gym 7 days a week, if only my gym opened the right hours. I’m working out in other ways when it’s shut.

As for food, I ate an apricot yoghurt the other day and it tasted extremely sweet to me, so it’s easy for me to tell that my tastes are changing.

Like I said, each week you’ll be seeing my ticker. It tracks my progress. This week I dropped 1.8kg and another 22cms, taking my totals to:


and 64cm off my body lost. (Not that I EVER want to find them again.)

I’m almost at that stage of my cycle where I inevitably gain weight to survive a week. Not looking forward to that.. but I’ll be trying really hard to use natural solutions to help battle the bloating and exhaustion. Yeah, I did just tell everyone my cycle. It’s an issue us women face though, no point in pretending it doesn’t happen.

Andrew and the kids are being super awesome. They’re such a good support! Andrew’s body has changed heaps already, I’m slightly jealous but very happy for him, he’s looking really good. Lucky me hehe. He say’s I look different too but it’s hard for me to see the difference. I feel different at least :)

Is anyone still around? How are you doing?

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