Round and round in circles
That’s what I feel like I’m doing, I’m going round in circles and not getting anywhere and especially not seeing any progression on the scales.
My biggest problem I’ve noticed is my snacking, mainly between the time I get home and bed. In the 2 days I’ve been at work this week (thank you long Easter weekend!) my eating up until I get home has been great. I’ve had decent breakfasts, I’ve taken carrot sticks and hummus for snacks and I’ve had basic Ham, Cheese & Beetroot sandwiches. When I get home everything goes out the window. I have a bit of this, a bit of that, I go to the fridge multiple times and I’ve started to notice it’s not necessarily because I’m hungry as I don’t think I am. It may be boredom, it may be habit. I don’t really know for certain.
This is obviously something that I need to actively work on. Straight after dinner I’m going to start brushing my teeth (rather than just before bed) so that I have the minty taste in my mouth which will hopefully discourage me from picking at the leftover dinner or anything else in the fridge. It will also mean that I will only be able to drink water as I hate the minty flavour combined with anything else. I’m also going to keep myself busy playing with Mr almost 2 or folding washing or even reading a book…or writing on here!
I’ve spoken to the PT I was working with last year when I did the Break programme through my gym and we are going to re-look at the programme she left me with after the 13 weeks were over. I have shared parts of it before, it is a workout to fit into 45 mins with a combination of cardio and weights. you start by doing as much as you can of the programme within the 45 mins with the goal of being able to finish it all within that time frame. I never saw myself as being able to get to that stage and I think that was part of the reason I “put it aside” and started doing my own thing..which obviously isn’t working either!
Time is ticking away and if I want to lose weight and feel good about myself being in the wedding party I need to take action now while as little as a few hundred grams a week would still result in me looking fantastic for Serena’s big day.
My FIL told me this afternoon that there is only 46 weeks left so to get to 65kg I need to lose around 400grams a week. At this stage it’s still do-able, there will however be plateaus and potholes that I will need to work through.
I’m still trying, I just need to try harder. I don’t want to quit as the only person who will be unhappy is me and that will affect my family as well as my state of mind.
Keep on movin…..