Day 19: Re-invigorated
Sorry for not writing sooner than today.
I was way too embarrassed to write that I had fallen off the wagon these last 2 days. However, I have been noting down the things that have triggered me this time, and I am determined not to trip on those ones again.
I treated myself to a pair of funky high boots, which were amazingly comfortable to help me feel glamorous . For some reason, this always keeps me off the food !!
My husband thinks that this is my excuse for spending money, but then I reminded him that I had not spent any money on ‘myself’ for a few years now. I have been saying for the last few years that I am too fat to get anything, so what is the point in buying anything. I will buy it when I lose some weight, and that has just not happened !
I have not been wearing make up for many years now too. I had been a Make-up and Fragrance Queen since I was a teenager, but I lost the interest in everything as soon as I got pregnant with Jakey.
This weekend, I made a concerted effort to dress up and have even bought myself a pair of black trousers (NON-elasticated!) for work on Tuesday, to match my new boots and some new make-up.
For my food diary,
Breakfast :
a boiled egg, some yoghurt with mixed berries
Lunch:
Steamed broccoli and cabbage with some Sole Fish (Grilled) marinated in lemon juice, lemon & black pepper; with some Balsamic Vinegar salad dressing
Dinner:
will be Spinach salad with some crumbled feta cheese, with Balsamic Vinegar
Drinks:
I tend to drink water only, instead of any squashes or fruit juices (which are banned in the Dash diet). I do have a glass of 0% Skimmed milk every day (sometimes its 2 glasses).
I am not really a Tea or Coffee drinker, and would only have an odd cup of tea or coffee once every 10 days or so.
Speshelle said,
1 September 2008 at 12:23 am
do you find yourself getting hungry? i couldnt bare the thought of eating only a salad for dinner, unless of course it was a head of lettuce sized salad! hehe
do you snack during the day? apparently this keeps your metabolism going all day instead of sending your body into starvation mode
Speshelle said,
1 September 2008 at 12:25 am
as for getting doll’d up, completely get what youre saying. yay for new work pants!!
ginnik said,
1 September 2008 at 12:55 am
If I am busy and doing things, I don’t snack. Snacking is dangerous for me, as I cannot quit. So, I just don’t snack. I just have a glass of water and at the most, a glass of milk. That’s how I end up with 2 glasses of milk sometimes, to avoid snacking.
I was admiring Paola’s way of complementing Salads with cottage cheese, and I think I need to get some cottage cheese to try that. I love Feta cheese as its tangy – and I love Mediterranean style salads…
Paola said,
1 September 2008 at 12:15 pm
This putting-things-off-until… sounds very familiar.
When I was a teenager, mum gave me some embroidered Italian bed linen and lace tablecloths. I didn’t use any of it because I was renting and I wanted to wait until we had our own house that I could make my own.
However, I started using them five years ago, even though we’re still renting – it seemed a waste to have it all but not make use of it. The bedspread is on my bed now – seeing it always makes me happy.
I think that if you put off lovely things until things are going well, you deny yourself the pleasure of them NOW. And maybe things are more likely to improve in the future if you treat yourself now, when you really need it.
Ginni said,
1 September 2008 at 3:26 pm
The Laws of Attraction…. as a friend of mine says, ‘put it out to the universe, and the universe will give it to you’. I am trying to use this philosophy in my weight loss.