While I have not had the opportunity to post these last few days, I have continued to follow the No Diet, Diet program. Here’s a summary of my progress.
Day 11 task: Optimise my flexibility. I consider myself to be a fairly flexible person, able to adapt to the needs of the moment without too much trouble. Therefore I accepted the challenge to be more definite-adopting a stance and taking a firm line. We have been considering a family holiday to Bali. While I would love to go, I was reluctant to upset my son’s routine. He doesn’t cope well with change and it would inevitably be me who would have to cope with him in a strange place. So I put my foot down and stated that I would not be putting him (and consequently myself) through the trauma of another international holiday. If respite care cannot be found then the trip will not go ahead. I am surprised by the ease with which this edict has been accepted.
Day 12 task: Optimise my spontaneity. Through necessity life here is extremely routine so being more spontaneous provided the greatest challenge to date. I chose to step back and let the day unfold without organising it as the most achievable option. While nothing particularly exciting happened, neither did disaster fall upon my head. Everybody here coped just fine with the fact that many of the things I would normally have taken care of didn’t get done that day and I enjoyed doing whatever took my fancy rather than what was next on the list to be done.
Day 13 task: Fine-tune my temperament. I unquestionably rate myself as one of life’s natural introverts. So my task was to behave as more of an extrovert-in particular to smile at strangers more often. I felt a little silly smiling at people on the street but soon I was getting smiles back and even the occasional nod and greeting. By the end of the day I felt more connected to my local community. I’ve been trying to keep it up but it doesn’t come naturally to me and I’ve not been consistent with it.
Day 14 task: Try being more or less conventional. I’m not entirely sure where I would sit on the conventionality scale so I took a shot and did something different to what is conventional for me. I wore make up and perfume. Though I wasn’t run down with compliments the effort was noticed and commented upon.
After last week’s weight gain I was a little nervous about this week’s weigh in. I can report that when I stepped on the scales there had been no change. I weigh exactly the same as I did last week. I am a little disappointed. I had hoped to at least lose the weight I gained last week. But on the other hand I am happy that I have not had another gain.
Perhaps week 3 will be the week it all starts to click into place and melt off my arse.
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