Wednesday 3rd November 2021
Listen to your inner voice.
Well I was a little chuffed yesterday morning to lose 2lb, that made up for the maintain last week, 22lb in total, still had what I fancied, just not everything on the menu! Calories work better than anything I've tried because it's about creating that calorie deficit, so why add any more complications with zero or free food when it's all got calories in? A 150g chicken breast is 230 calories, it's not free, make it a dinner by adding veggies, peas, carrots and sprouts, that's another 110 calories, so already you've had 340 calories, oh and 250g potatoes, you can add 285 calories, so all of a sudden following other diet plans, you've consumed 625 calories, but they're all zero/free - really, seriously, that's more calories than a bottle of wine, a big macs only 508 calories! Nothing is free, well water is, you can have too much of anything, even water - it's called drowning!
I know personally when I was told things were zero, I hate more of them, that was when I followed WW but also back in the day before WW when I followed SW, my trolley was full of muller light yogurts and cooked chicken back then.
These days I eat food I fancy in reasonable portion sizes which means my stomach is also adjusting to eating less so I don't need to eat a massive plate of food all the time. Yesterday I enjoyed a delicious steak, mash and peas dinner, I ate it at lunchtime and I still wasn't hungry when it came to teatime, I didn't get back till after 7.30, so I indulged in a glass of wine and a bit of chocolate, I'd treated myself to one of these in my shopping delivery 230 calories, I surprised myself by only eating half of it. I believe that's because I'm giving myself permission to eat anything I want.
Yeah the scales are making me smile again these days, I've still got a way to go, I'd actually like to lose another 22lbs, but there ain't a rush, I've got my first Christmas in a long time to really enjoy, we talked about Christmas day briefly last night and decided it's a day for chilling in pj's, we had been invited elsewhere for the day but I don't think I'm up to that for Christmas day, another day absolutely but not my first Christmas without mom, I want to make new memories and this year that will be in the middle of nowhere in Ireland.
That's 51 days away though, back to the now, I might have an omelette for breakfast this morning, I've got loads of time as I woke up a good 90 minutes before my alarm, old habits die hard don't they! That'll keep me going for hours, bit of soup lunchtime, then mmmm I'm not sure, I have a cottage pie and a lasagne in the fridge but after steak yesterday I fancy something less dense, maybe fish in butter sauce with the leftover mash and some sprouts because I ended up buying two lots of sprouts somehow DOH.
Your mission today should you choose to accept it is to ask yourself what will you do today that will help you get healthy, lose a little weight and feel this way when you next step on the scales?
Let's do that thing and take care of ourselves!
Mwah, luv ya
Love me xx
That is exactly how I feel I didn't realize that I could lose weight easier by counting everything.x
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