9th October 2013
A good head and a good heart
are always a formidable combination. Nelson Mandela
These dark mornings do not make it easy
to get out of bed, then getting out of bed is one thing, waking up and getting
your brain working is another altogether!
I’ve just sat staring at the screen for ten minutes thinking, ‘write
something then, you’ve got stuff to do!’
I’m still none the wiser about what to write ;-)
Food wise, I’ll be living off the
delicious stuff I cooked on Monday so I can’t really share my meals with you, I
did use a Weight Watcher wrap to mom it all up yesterday instead of a chapatti because
I didn’t have time to make them.
Oh I also lost 2lb which was fab, so
that gain I had the other week has now all gone! I’m now on week 5 of my journal and my weight
has gone;
Week 1 - lost 2lb
Week 2 – gained 4lb
Week 3 – stayed same
Week 4 – lost 2lb
You do the math, basically I weigh the
same as I did in week 1 – is this a bad thing, only if weight loss is your only
goal maybe but as mine is to be healthy and happy, I good with the
results. Writing it in my journal has
helped me to find out about my eating habits and routines so that I can tweak
them slightly, it’ll be interesting to compare the next four weeks against
these.
I’ve also noticed that the change in
seasons - dark nights / cooler weather has had a huge effect on a lot of my members;
they suddenly want to eat more, and eat differently. It’s important to realise why, because it’s
all too easy to think it’s just because you’re a failure at the weight loss
thing, when really its your body screaming “eat” let’s stock up ready for
winter – just like a squirrel ;) If you
feel like this, being aware of it helps massively, maybe try the ‘filling and
healthy’ option or just think a little more about what to have, the minimum
daily allowance of 26pp isn’t a great deal if its not spent wisely and you can
be hungry! Try and eat some protein with
every meal, it really does help, and don’t forget that protein isn’t just
chicken and ham, it also includes fish, beans and pulses, tofu, Quorn, eggs, seeds, nuts
and yogurt and cottage cheese. It’ll
keep you fuller for longer, trust me ;)
The
other thing that gets in the way of weight loss is “stuff” going on, aka
life! I can give you ‘reasons’ why I
didn’t lose weight on week 2 & 3 of my journal, but then again I can give
you a reason for not losing weight any week, heck I can pre-empt them, however
ultimately if I did want to lose weight for Christmas, then I’d have to realise
that ‘life’ gets in the way ALWAYS! You
can either accept this and work round it or use it as an excuse to not lose weight;
it all comes back to how important it is to you and how much effort your
prepared to put in. As you can tell by
the last four weeks, it obviously hasn’t been important enough to me, not like
when I lost my 50lb to get to goal back in 2004!
I’m hoping my new skills in the kitchen
I learnt on Monday will help me get my love of cooking back and I’ll start
spending more time in the kitchen, I really love the idea of eating more
lentils and chick peas because they are so good for me nutritionally and
flavoured correctly they’re delicious.
So that’s your challenge for today, to
ensure you have some protein with every meal, and your challenge for the week
is to include something with lentils or chick peas, I’ve just had a look on
Weight Watchers recipe database and there are lots of options, or you could buy
a tin of soup or even hummous.
Remember Eat Gorgeous & BeYOUtiful,
the two go hand in hand, and once you find the balance, the side effect is
weight loss. xx
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