My first mini goal is to weigh 13 stone and 7lb by Christmas, which, as I currently weigh 13 stone 11lb, I have 1 month to lose 4lb. Which at my current rate of 7lb a month, is completely do-able.
During the last week we have had Robert's birthday, we've had a meal out and have had party food and birthday cake, as well as (I believe) a batch of home made flapjack at around 200 calories a piece, and I tried unsuccessfully to limit myself to 2 pieces a day! So, I was expecting a gain, and my scales acting up meant that I stepped on them 4 times and each time showed a different weight, but twice showed around the 193lb mark so I have put it down as that.
This week I am trying my hardest to make sure I do not snack (and if I do, on something healthy, like a single piece of fruit, or similar). And I will try and start eating salads for lunch again. I took a fancy to egg and tuna mayonnaise salads while pregnant with Christopher so will be trying those again.
The meal planning is going well, when it comes to a meal that there isn't any of in the freezer, I try and cook a large batch of it when Jonathan is home, or he cooks it, and then any extra portions go into the freezer for the next time it's on the menu! It seems to be working in the way that we're not cooking food every evening, quite often all we need to do is get 2 tubs out of the freezer, and put them into the microwave for 10 minutes, and hey presto! The tubs constitute a fairly generous but not too large a portion, so that's a good way of regulating our portions as well.
I've read a lot in newspapers about how if you diet, your children are more likely to diet and have issues with their weight as well. It makes me wonder, what constitutes a diet? How rigid does it have to be before it becomes "a diet" in the way many people think of it "Oh, I'm going on a diet after Christmas" and so on.
For me, I don't see what I am doing as "a diet". Yes, I am making diet changes, and watching what I eat, but I am not counting calories, not disallowing myself this and that. I think for me, my "diet" is changing habits, changing my eating routines and trying to break down problem eating. If I am not rushed off my feet doing this and that, I find myself wandering into the kitchen, opening the fridge, or the cupboards. Which is NOT GOOD! When I find myself wandering into the kitchen now, I try my hardest not to open the cupboards or fridge, instead I put the kettle on and make myself a cup of tea, or make myself a glass of squash, and drink that instead. If I actually feel hungry, then I will get myself a piece of fruit, or a small bowl (and I mean small - I use one of Robert's) of cereal. Or a yoghurt.
Fingers crossed that by being strict with myself on the snacking, I will be pleasantly surprised next week. I am hoping for a reading of 191 lb or lower on the scales next Wednesday.
I am determined. This time I will lose the weight. Not by a fad diet, but by making changes I can see myself keeping, therefore I won't pile it back on again.
This is my inspiration: me, at a size 12, weighing around 150lbs or so, back in July 2001. When Jonathan and I were just going out.
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