So… unless you’re one of my likers on Facebook you may not know that I braved the scale after all during my visit to my mum’s.
I was going to ask her to look for me (and keep my eyes closed) telling her to tell me how I went ONLY if the news was good. She’s pretty good at coping with my foibles.
I think I’ve mentioned that a few years ago I used to go to a shopping centre and get on a electric scale and stuff the printed receipt into an envelope to post home to my mum without having to look at the verdict numbers. It’d arrive at her place a day or two later and she’d let me know (vaguely) how I’d fared that week. Incidentally I did the same with my pilates teacher for a while (would get on the scale there with my eyes closed and she would deliver the result in + or – rather than absolute numbers. I really didn’t want to know how much I weighed.*
Naturally, however, the scale issue plagued me throughout my journey to my mum’s and so once there I went straight into the bathroom. I didn’t tell mum what I was doing (and she hadn’t seen my blog post) in case the news was bad.
But it wasn’t.
In fact it was better than I expected. I’d certainly lost the 5kg (11lb) I appeared to gain in early January. AND another 1.5kgs. So, 6.5kg (14lb) in total since my last weigh in.
Phew.
I won’t get too excited cos there’s a lot more to go, but I’m happy that (despite) my lack of exercise my focus solely on food is kinda working.
So, my plan going forward…
1. Continue to have just one vanilla diet coke a week
2. Keep trying different recipes (I have a Passage Foods Nepalese Chicken Curry mix which I’m keen to try this week). I tried the Korma mix last week and it was delicious as well.
3. Avoid seconds or thirds, keep leftovers for lunches (otherwise I eat a peanut butter and honey sandwich each day and that’s gonna get really boring really soon)!
4. Eat dinner before 9pm. I have a bad habit of eating my evening meal VERY late. It’s not uncommon that I eat after 9pm. My ultimate goal will be to eat before 8pm, but at the moment I tend to eat while I’m watching something on TV and I usually turn it on at 8.30.
5. Don’t obsess about exercise. I’ve done a couple of (thong) walks this past week and a Zumba class. I like to think I’ll soon (again) be struck by the need to move my body more, but I’m not quite there yet.
So… I am hoping that as I make better food and health-related choices that weight loss is a continued side effect.
What do you think of my plan for coming weeks?
Do you eat your evening meal at a decent hour?
* I had to stop our weighing-in arrangement as I started to dread going to pilates!
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Wow! Well done!
Thanks Jo!
What you’re doing is working so keep it up. The lack of exercise isn’t a disaster – weight loss and gain is nearly solely about what you put in your mouth. The little bits that are helped along by exercise are only little in the scheme of things. I’m an obsessive exerciser as you know but that’s more about what it does for my head than what it does for my body.
And yes, I have dinner at a decent hour. I can’t eat very late or I feel gross going to bed so it’s dinner at around 6pm and then a cup of tea and a cookie at around 8. I’m a creature of habit and nothing much changes there.
Yes, I realise the late dinners aren’t doing me any favours. Carbohydrate-laden meals late at night can’t be a good thing. (At least I’ve got lots of options ahead of me as I try to make improvements!)
Great work – small changes can make a huge difference cant they.
They can… I need to remember that!
Thanks Annaleis!
That is awesome! 6.5kgs is heaps!!! Well done! I like your plan, low pressure, slow and steady.
It’s a bit of a change for me Jess. I’ve always been impatient to see big results!
I somehow missed your Facebook update, so glad to read this. I did say I thought you’d lost weight. BRAVO!
I think you’ve got the right mindset, so keep going.
I eat much earlier now that Pickle is on the scene & eats real food. Was much harder when coming home late from a job, or waiting to cook my meal until after he was in bed.
Thanks. A long way to go, but it’s better than a month ago!
Cooky, that’s awesome news, you should be proud of yourself!! Tiff
Thanks Tiff. Trying something other than dieting for a change!
That’s fantastic. I’m happy for your weight loss, but even happier to see you treating yourself with kindness and respect. You cannot hate yourself to greatness!
Thanks Liz. And… so true!
Great job, Deb! The food part is what really counts! WOOT!
Yes Julia. Hopefully I’ll get back into the exercise soon!
…then allow me to celebrate FOR YOU!!
**tosses confetti**
Thanks Carla!
Congratulations Deb!! Baby steps are working perfectly! Good on you, it sounds like you are really starting to get into a routine of enjoying what your are doing again. The results will follow .. so excited for you xo
Thanks Vicki! It’s taken a while but I’m slowly getting there. I think!
Hi Deb!
Congrats on your weight loss, that was a huge drop!
I must admit you have better scales stories than I have.
I just wrote my own post about the subject.
Will have a read of your post Satu!
Hi Deb! Well, that’s good about your weight going down. You must be happy about that.
Scales aren’t really that scary. They don’t change the truth at all, which we subconsciously already know before ever stepping on them.
I don’t know Marion… sometimes they’ve surprised me – for better and worse!
Good you got in there and had a go! It might grow on you. Gee I hate that too when they make all the newbies go to the front! ‘Let’s all get to know one and another’ and I’m like, nup.
Thanks Lou Lou! I generally try to avoid the front cos it’s closest to the mirror and I can’t look at myself (anytime, but especially when I’m exercising). One minute I’m feeling great and then I see this big lump and get depressed.