California Dreamin'
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Honey39
Phoenix Rising
Well done! that's Brilliant!
Thank you so much! Big test today, am at a conference and this is going to be fairly demanding. I feel a but apprehensive to be honest. But life is full of these kinds of tests so let's give it a go.
Honey39
Phoenix Rising
Fairly good week so far, I've gone to the gym and am eating reasonably well. Today I'm working from home and the plan is to have the following:
- yoghurt and granola
- fruit as a snack
- omelette and toast
- sweet and sour chicken made in the slow cooker for dinner
Gym in the evening and basically a good day of focusing on the things that I want to achieve. It's important to do it small step by small step, because I only live in this moment, but what I do has enormous repercussions for the future. I also am reading a book about self-control and I want to apply the strategies from that to this - about preparing for hot spots and how to cool that down to make sensible decisions.
- yoghurt and granola
- fruit as a snack
- omelette and toast
- sweet and sour chicken made in the slow cooker for dinner
Gym in the evening and basically a good day of focusing on the things that I want to achieve. It's important to do it small step by small step, because I only live in this moment, but what I do has enormous repercussions for the future. I also am reading a book about self-control and I want to apply the strategies from that to this - about preparing for hot spots and how to cool that down to make sensible decisions.
Honey39
Phoenix Rising
All going reasonably well, but I want to explore when I overeat, why, and what could I do differently. So yesterday, I had soup and oatcakes for lunch, and then there was leftover sandwiches from a catering event. I had half a roll and a packet of cheese and onion crisps. On the way home, my partner was late picking me up and rather than wait in the cold for twenty minutes I got a hot chocolate for the journey home; at home after dinner, I had half a slice of lemon drizzle cake.
The roll and the crisps:
- I had finished my lunch, and was feeling a bit hungry
- I had nothing else to eat and was a bit panicked at the thought of another four hours without anything else to eat
- The rolls that the caterers bring are really tasty
- I love crisps and they are a weakness of mine
What could I have done differently?
- Said no, I don't actually like crisps
Strategies:
- keep an emergency snack back
- brush my teeth
- re-do my make up and put on perfume
- clear my desk and make it professional
- text a few people
- look at pics of me 100 lbs ago and then 150 lbs lighter
- don't go and see any food!
- email someone a lengthy update
- tell myself I can have anything I want later on if I still fancy it
- remember that it's rarely that nice
- remind myself of 100 reasons why I don't want to do this!
Hot chocolate: why?
- freezing cold and didn't want to wait for another twenty minutes
- if I was going to pay for a drink, wanted a tasty comforting chocolately one!
Alternative strategies:
- have a macchiato instead!
The roll and the crisps:
- I had finished my lunch, and was feeling a bit hungry
- I had nothing else to eat and was a bit panicked at the thought of another four hours without anything else to eat
- The rolls that the caterers bring are really tasty
- I love crisps and they are a weakness of mine
What could I have done differently?
- Said no, I don't actually like crisps
Strategies:
- keep an emergency snack back
- brush my teeth
- re-do my make up and put on perfume
- clear my desk and make it professional
- text a few people
- look at pics of me 100 lbs ago and then 150 lbs lighter
- don't go and see any food!
- email someone a lengthy update
- tell myself I can have anything I want later on if I still fancy it
- remember that it's rarely that nice
- remind myself of 100 reasons why I don't want to do this!
Hot chocolate: why?
- freezing cold and didn't want to wait for another twenty minutes
- if I was going to pay for a drink, wanted a tasty comforting chocolately one!
Alternative strategies:
- have a macchiato instead!
Zafira
Gold Member
Honey39
Phoenix Rising
Thanks Zafira, I do like making resolutions I must say!!! New year and new start and all that.
Off work today, so that's been nice. Spent the day cleaning up and tidying and sorting, which felt very cleansing - getting ready for the new year? The Christmas tree and decorations are just down, so it feels a bit sad but ready for a new year of losing that fifty pounds. I haven't done too well on it yet, still picking at sweets and stuff, but made a food plan for the week coming up. I am so ready for this, and I've been very public about my goals, so I'm hoping that helps keep me in check too.
Off to watch some rubbish TV in a bit - breaking bad perhaps, or first season of Homeland (not seen that yet), then a distinctly unhealthy-ish corned beef hash when I can get my act together to make it.
Off work today, so that's been nice. Spent the day cleaning up and tidying and sorting, which felt very cleansing - getting ready for the new year? The Christmas tree and decorations are just down, so it feels a bit sad but ready for a new year of losing that fifty pounds. I haven't done too well on it yet, still picking at sweets and stuff, but made a food plan for the week coming up. I am so ready for this, and I've been very public about my goals, so I'm hoping that helps keep me in check too.
Off to watch some rubbish TV in a bit - breaking bad perhaps, or first season of Homeland (not seen that yet), then a distinctly unhealthy-ish corned beef hash when I can get my act together to make it.
Honey39
Phoenix Rising
Thanks Zafira!
Lovely day here for once - sun is shining and I'm about to go out for some light shopping lol. Learned a valuable lesson and had a breakfast before going, a M&S yoghurt/granola. Not sure how *bad* that is, but compared to Christmas and New Year it's like health in a bottle (well, yoghurt pot).
Feeling good and ready for this year. I love a plan, and I have been so public about what it is that I am trying to achieve!
Lovely day here for once - sun is shining and I'm about to go out for some light shopping lol. Learned a valuable lesson and had a breakfast before going, a M&S yoghurt/granola. Not sure how *bad* that is, but compared to Christmas and New Year it's like health in a bottle (well, yoghurt pot).
Feeling good and ready for this year. I love a plan, and I have been so public about what it is that I am trying to achieve!
Honey39
Phoenix Rising
It was my birthday yesterday, so am sure that I'm going to see a bit of an increase tomorrow. Never mind, that's to be expected. I'm trying something a little different, I'm actually experimenting with 5:2, and it is working well for me so far. I like the simplicity of it and the fact that it takes my mind off food twice a week. I'm being very careful and seeing if it can be done or not, and if I can't then I switch back to SW. But it does seem to work nicely for many people, and I know quite a lot of people who have permanently lost weight through it.
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