Oh yeah baby, yeah baby, yeah baby, yeah! Another 3 pounds off!

Am I on a role or what? So that’s 1 stone 3 pounds in total! Wooohooooo!

I have to say that I am feeling really great. I am now getting into clothes 2 sizes smaller than I was and if weight is anything to go by then I have a really long way to go but actually I reckon I am looking pretty damned hot!

I mustn’t get complacent though. Christmas is just 3 weeks away so I need to plan NOW just how I am going to handle it.

I reckon I have 3 choices:

1. Say “Weyhey it’s Christmas, bring on the booze, bring on the food” and blow all my good work. The Result will be to gain a ridiculous amount of weight and no doubt be too scared to step back on the scales at some point in January and end up back to square one plus a few more pounds.

2. Say “Weyhey it’s Christmas” but then refuse to eat or drink anything that isn’t 100% weight reduction friendly and then have the most miserable time that I’ll end up fed up and so start comfort binge eating instead!

3. Say “Weyhey it’s Christmas” and plan what to eat! Planning means that I can plan to eat what I like on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or which ever days I want to, and then for the other days I can be really good and stick to healthy foods! This way I can enjoy Christmas and it needn’t be a scales nightmare when it’s over. Yeah I may gain a few pounds but that has to be better and easier to lose than gaining a stone!

So what will you do? Please post your thoughts!

Where has this week gone?

How have you been? Doing OK? I thought I was until I got on the scales! Only a pound off this week. I know that is still a reduction which is great news but I must admit I was hoping for more.

So where am I going wrong? Am I allowing the odd naughty thing to pop into my mouth? When I look back on the week I have to admit that I have. The odd chicken nugget left over from the kids tea…..the odd mouthful just to check their food isn’t too hot for them to eat….oops! They all add up and I am just glad that I recognise and have admitted to myself what has being going on before it is all too late and before the scales show a weight gain! Lets face it, that would be completely demoralising and I’m not sure how I would cope with telling you lot about it!

So what can I do to stay on the straight and narrow? I think the best thing is that when I am tempted to pop something into my mouth which may hinder my progress I just need to ask myself “How much do I want that fabulous body?” and “Is this small mouthfull really worth gaining weight for?”

A quick reminder to yourself as to why you’re doing this should help you to re-focus.

Remember, as soon as you put the food down, celebrate the fact that you have shown masses of self control by giving yourself a huge smile and a pat on the back. Well done you!

See you next week

Alison

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