Easter is over. Chocolate is a thing of the past. Exercise is my new mantra.

Welcome to yet another fresh start and a renewed focus.

Good news is that I didn't put on any weight over Easter, bad news...I didn't lose any either (I know, shock horror)

1 day down of my renewed focus and I'm doing good. I was STARVING last night though.

Today is another day, another busy day, another day of my diet.

I'm finding that I'm in a momentum of diet thinking. Now that I've lost 2 kgs after my last plateau and the numerous comments I've had about my weight loss, I am inspired and motivated to keep going!

I find myself eating smaller meals, opting for water rather than soft drink and generally thinking healthy!

So, my conclusion, you really need 2-3 weeks to get the momentum going.

Of course, I haven't managed to do it by sacrificing everything. Everything in moderation!

Today as I walking through the office a very good, wonderful and genuine friend that I work with said...and I quote "oh my gosh, you look fantastic! You can really tell that you've lost weight!"

These words are the ultimate motivation for my weight loss journey!

Suddenly I find myself walking with more of a sway in my hips. I re-apply my lipstick more often. I smile at everyone I see. Why? Because I believe that they too think that I'm looking mighty fabulous!

Ahhh, the magic of compliments!

If I had to name my biggest motivation for losing weight and if you wanted a real answer...I want to look HOT!

Most of my life I have struggled with my weight. In around 2002/3 I lost a whole stack of weight and I looked great! (All modesty aside of course!) I could fit into a size 10-12 pants which I can hardly believe now. I am annoyed that I allowed myself to gain weight again and blossom to my state today.

Before I get all depressed again, I have to remember that I did use to be 10kgs heavier than I am today, so at least I am not where I used to be and I have a goal for where I want to be!

I want to be able to wear clothes from Witchery, Country Road, Ojay, Portmans  and all of those other gorgeous brands that only really fits people up to a size 12! I want to be able to wear a shirt tucked in! I want to be able to wear a belt! A dress! A skirt! Things other than black! I want to be able to wear something sleeveless!

Ok, so say you walk into an apparel store. You avoid all the clothes that are for tall people (oh, did I mention that I'm also 5'1?...I know vertically and horizontally challenged!), so now we're down to 75% of the store. Next we have to avoid anything with a "cling" to it, which takes us down to 50% of the store. Our next items to avoid or walk straight past are all the light coloured items - especially white, cream, beige, so now we're down to 25% of the store. All dresses and skirts - OUT, so now we're at 10% of the store. Prints, horizontal stripes, patterns...gone...gone...gone...now we're at 2%.

Out of the leftover items, out of the 2% of the store...what's left? Size 8 and accessories! PUH-LEEZE!!!!