A huge line drawn!

Wednesday 27th July 2022

Don't stress, do your best.

Well I drew a massive line under all this weight loss lark yesterday and decided a fresh start was in order!  I had a new card, weighed in (OUCH!), wrote down my weight and said okay let's sort this out now....

I'm still a stone lighter than I was when I started but I've put weight on, I've still not lost last Christmas's weight and realising it's now less than 5 months till this Christmas, that really woke me up.  Then a couple of photos taken at Dudley Zoo made me think OUCH!  The fact I didn't feel comfy in anything I put on Monday morning had already made me have a word with myself.  Oh and Aryn wants to do water stuff, like swimming and canoeing so I will have to be wearing a swimming costume.

Yeah time to get a grip for sure and I started yesterday, I know it won't be easy, I've got myself some right nasty bad habits I need to work on and replace them with better ones.  SO here goes...

Yesterday was a good day, I'm going to say Day 1, I am aware I've had a lot of day ones this year, but you know what, I don't care, I'll take as many as I need until it kicks in and I get my healthy back.

This was what it looked like; 

Omelette (leftover from Monday) with 200g chestnut mushrooms cooked in a teaspoon of oil, brown sauce, not forgetting the mug of tea - total = 442 calories.

Leftover ham from Sunday with leftover salad from Sunday (it just about kept), 1/4 tub of sour cream and chives dip (that's an ouch at 129 calories!) total = 330 calories

This was a I'm skint, lazy bitch tea, that Bisto cottage pie had been in the freezer for so long, I can't even remember when I bought it!  The corn on the cob were cooked yesterday and I microwaved them.  Total = 424 calories.

I also had another couple of cuppas, a packet of Tesco onion rings (87 cals) and a huge glass of wine which emptied that bottle, so I won't have any for a couple of days now, give my body a break and see if it makes a difference to my sleep quality.  I woke up just before 4am this morning, but in fairness I went to bed probably about 8 and slept all night apart from a half hour chat with himself around 9. 

I ended the day on 1731 calories, I'd like a couple of days lower than that now.  I want to also use food I already have in the cupboards and freezer though to save some money and not all that is low in calories, so as it says in the image, progress not perfection.  

I'm about to chop up a honeydew melon that's been in the kitchen for a week, I'll have some of that for breakfast with honey and yogurt.  Then I've defrosted some salmon, maybe have that with rice and frozen veggies later.  I have a bit of that high calorie sour cream left and I'm thinking that would be delicious mixed with hard boiled eggs, mmm nom nom.

Here's to every day getting a little easier than the day before.

I'm looking forward to today's huddle, there's a lot of people out there thinking like me as we had quite a few new members yesterday, Summer is a great time to feel the benefits of losing a few pounds. 

Mwah, luv ya

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