Watch It Now
Posted by Sylvia
That weight I lost? I think I found it hiding under the sofa…
My Weight Chart:
Weigh-in 80.9
Gain: 1.1 kilos
This will be a combination of the week of travelling plus my usual monthly high, I think.
I would like to get to a point where I’m holding steady when not on the diet but clearly that’s going to take more work. The “general trend” is still downward but at this point, 6 weeks of guests and travel would undo everything I’ve done. If I’m gaining as much as I’m losing in a week, there’s definitely a problem.
On the bright side, Cliff looked at his overall graph (as plotted on the wii) and said that although he felt frustrated by the ups and downs, he could see that overall it was heading the right direction and that although he put weight on when travelling, “it didn’t stick” – the brief weight-gain seems to shed a lot faster than the weightloss was going at the start.
At this stage, I have lost weight this year which I don’t think I would have done if I were weighting for a 6-week period that I could focus on dieting. I am a bit nervous about the ups and downs but I think that overall, this is still a viable solution although very long-term.
I need to tweak it a bit – watch my intake at restaurants when travelling although it’s interesting that I’m not tending to binge on weekends which was my bigger fear.
Halfway House
Posted by Sylvia
This week is a bit odd. We were away for most of it and committed to going out Thursday night so it wasn’t really going to work as an under-1200 day. On the other hand, I didn’t want to simply say “Start the diet next week then” especially as we have guests next week and will be having people for dinner etc.
So in the end I decided to treat the meals as normal weekday meals (500 or less) and not worry about the total count.
Coffee with milk: 60
Chicken Noodle Miso soup: 280
Although the soup was surprisingly filling, I was very hungry by the time it was dinner time.
| 330g lean lamb | 471.9 |
| 120g rice | 310 |
| Courgette | 20 |
| 2 small onions | 40 |
| 1/2 lime | 10 |
| Iceberg | 20 |
| Two Portions | 871.9 |
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Lamb & lime kebabs with rice: 435
And then we drank beer. On the bright side, the low calorie count I think actually limited the amount of beer we were able to ingest. :P
With hindsight
Posted by Paola
I’ve just added the backlog of my food diaries for May and June and it has been a shock going through all the photos.
I’ve been knowingly over-eating and bingeing the last few weeks – it came to a head a couple of days ago – but, until I saw the photos, I hadn’t realised just HOW MUCH I have been eating.
I’m ashamed and embarrassed but this is what this blog is for. I need to post my food diaries daily to stop things getting out of hand.
I have no explanation of why I am over-eating again. I can only say that I am going through the same thought processes and irrational rationalisations that I had pre-diet – that, dammit, I WILL have that extra portion, or more biscuits, and, now that I’ve started having more, WHY STOP NOW?
But I’ve put on 7 lbs since my hitting my lightest weight; going back to how things were is not an option.
My new (old) resolutions:
- back to smaller bowls
- don’t pre-select fruit with brunch sandwich unless still hungry after 15 mins
- buy chewing gum for urges of something sweet
- one fruit at a time
- omit cheddar cheese from brunch sandwiches
- stop adding fruit juice to squash
- no biscuits or cakes except at the Cake Club where I’ll only have one non-large slice
- drink more
- ration sultanas & seeds
- eat more salads now that it’s warm again
- no immediate seconds – wait at least 30 mins before eating again
- don’t let visitors leave behind cakes and cream
The good thing has been that I’ve started going for brisk one-hour walks with a friend. We go about twice a week and have been out 3-4 times so far. I am going to try to arrange walks on the other days with other people. I like walking with people I can chat with. I hate walking (for exercise) alone.
Day 517: Not so good
Posted by Paola
1:30pm Cottage cheese salad sandwich + kiwi + tea
Lost photo, using the day before’s.
2:15pm Frozen yoghurt fruit lolly
3:40pm Tinned spaghetti with Crackerbreads w/spread
7:10pm Savoy cabbage with veg burger and sweet chilli yoghurt
A very full big bowl.
Evening drink: squash
7:45pm Ben & Jerry’s macadamia nut ice-cream + ginger cake
I couldn’t have one OR the other, I had to have both. Sheesh.
