Diet – Did I
Eat That!
5am Monday morning and it’s pitch black outside, we might be having
sunny days but the nights are definitely drawing in and we’re almost in the
last quarter of the year. Autumn is
officially upon us, so it’s a fabulous time to turn over a new leaf if needed!
I’ve made it through the weekend, yes I’ve used every last ProPoint
going, that includes all my weeklies gone and 34 activity ProPoints earned and
used! I clocked up another ten on my
wineometer yesterday (sorry I mean pedometer), yes had a very productive day, cleaned
kitchen, walked Alfie, gave house (every room except my office) a really good
tidy and hoover etc! Clearing the garden
a bit too before having a nice long bath with my book before watching a bit of
tele with mom. At teatime Alfie took me
on yet another walk which was a really long one, we were out for ages and I
have to admit when I got back I was totally shattered. I was in bed by 9.30, rock and roll me!
So four days down, three to go before my first weigh in, I haven’t been
near a set of scales and I shall get my helpers to check the meeting set so
that I don’t have to. I always tell my
members not to get on scales in-between weigh ins because they control your
mind. I’ve always believed I’m a bit
immune to them, although not getting on them this week has for me took away
some of the obsessiveness of weight loss, I’m only thinking about it at meal
times and even then I’m not obsessing, I’m just thinking about what I fancy and
ProPointing it. I have managed to have
everything I’ve fancied this weekend without compromise and still stayed within
my allowance thanks to earning my activity ProPoints. Moving more really does make a difference for
me especially as its not structured exercise, its dog walking, housework and
generally moving more throughout the day.
Yes I ate really well yesterday, started with some of my fruit from my
new bowl, I do like conference pears when they’re really hard, I’ve got mango
sliced ready for my breakfast this morning and my salad is all chopped and
prepped too and ready for use. For my
lunch I had a platter of chorizo, cottage cheese, St Agur cheese, chopped
salad, grapes, apple, krackerwheat biscuits, beetroot and couscous and believe
it or not but that little lot came to 20pp and it looked so healthy, just goes
to show doesn’t it! It did however fill
me up for a good long time, until about 8 I fancied something nice and had
grated cheese on crumpets for 10pp, hence the reason I now have no spare
ProPoints, from now to Thursday morning its 26pp a day plus anything I can earn
on my pedometer of course.
After last week’s meetings, I did go away and do what we discussed so I’m
really looking forward to this weeks and doing the same. The changes I’m implementing aren’t radical,
they’re not quick fixes, instead they are realistic, long term small changes
that will benefit me without making me ‘change’ who I am and how I live. I love
that I still get to eat all my favourite foods, my fridge is full of the stuff
I would buy even if I wasn’t trying to lose weight, the only difference is I
haven’t got any of the junk that in honesty I actually don’t particular like I
just eat because it’s there when I’m off track.
We all like different foods I know but seriously I could overindulge of
krackerwheat and St Agur, now that’s my thing, but because I feel like I want
to be able to do that over Christmas guilt-free I’m happy not to do it now so I
lose some weight. The sunshine is really
helping because it’s been lovely to go for a walk in the afternoon, although I
will still walk when the sunshine’s gone because thankfully Alfie makes me!
Well on that note, I better get ready for the day ahead, load my car
and walk Alfie. I now have to add make
mom a cup of tea and make sure she takes her tablets into my morning chores,
she’s loving being waited on now! Yesterday
she sat in the living room telling me the bits I’d missed ;-) mmm that went
down well as you can imagine.
Here’s to a fabulous week x
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