Bit Better Now :-)

Well I did a lot better this week!
Last week I was really worried that 1400 calories would not be enough of a drop to lose weight - would I have to go down to 1200 already?
Oh that would be too hard - I was saving that little joy up for when I get too light to lose at this level. Fortunately 1400 was enough.
I suspect a scales glitch, but never mind, I'm deliriously happy at having lost 12lb to date.
I managed to use the stairs at work all week and today (being the first day of 'next week') I went for a lunchtime walk. Just a short one, I only had limited time, but I walked for 20-25 minutes and really enjoyed it. I didn't enjoy the stairs afterward but soon the stairs should stop being a problem.... I'll let you know when *that* happens!
I'm slightly less worried now about going out for lunch on Monday, same place as on my birthday, but I'll not have the G&T!

Scary numbers? 16st 4.5lbs

Not a great week :(

I had a really disappointing weigh in on Tuesday, and I don't really understand why. I didn't record all my food over the weekend, maybe I misjudged things then. I didn't think the entire chocolate egg (395 calories oops!) I ate on Monday would have had an impact by the next day! But maybe it did.
However since then I have been trying to be good, but not too good. I'm trying to stay within 1400 calories a day and I am taking the stairs at work, with a plan to start lunchtime walks next week. If there is no result on Tuesday I'll just have to limit myself to 1200 calories, but I didn't want to do that yet.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Happy Birthday to me! Birthday cake for breakfast, G&T and a nice restaurant meal for lunch, toast and butter as a treat after tea. But still the damage was only about 1700 calories! That's good, I'm feeling sinful and virtuous all at the same time :-) Must keep it up!

Weigh Day!

Tuesday is weigh day! 6.5 pounds lost - not to be sniffed at, particularly wearing shoes (no shoes last time) The aerobics class was marginally easier this time but I was still puce at the end of it!

Result - 16 stones 10 pounds :-)

(starting weight amended - it should have been 17st 2.5 lbs)

A Difficult Day

It's 3 o'clock and I'm starving. I'm never going to manage this. I will have a treat of some kind and a coffee, but maybe I'll have water now, go for a walk and have the treat when I come back. It can be a reward.
Now it's 4:15 and I'm all warm and flushed after a 45 minute walk. Down to the Upper Blainslie sign and back - hopefully a mile each way, I'll check tomorrow. I've certainly earned a treat and a coffee, but I'm not so desparate at the moment.
Having promised myself a treat I had one, a Cadbury's mini roll and a coffee, and I had a meat pie for tea!
In the end, once I'd crossed that difficult patch, the day actually went well.

Food, Food, Food!

This is proving so hard this time. I am thinking about food all the time. I'm not particularly hungry, just thinking about food and calories. Food used to be a natural activity, I saw it I ate it but now it's a coonscious activity. I see it, can I afford it? How many calories will that be? If I eat it now will I regret it? or want more later? That is a snapshot of the constant conversation running through my mind. I hope I see the benefit on Tuesday.