NO LOSS THIS WEEK. AND A SPOT. SERVES ME RIGHT.

I seem to have fallen completely off the wagon over the last two weeks. Last week I ate far too many bad things and didn't exercise much at all. This week, I started off well but it all fell apart from Tuesday onwards. I managed to stay off the really, truly bad stuff but the only day I exercised was Thursday. Yesterday evening I completely lost the plot, ate chocolate and crisps - and so to wake up this morning with a spot serves me right.


I never usually get spots, so I know the culprit was the chocolate and crisps from last night. It's the diet gods' way of saying "thou shalt abstain from all fatty and sugary things and if thou do not obey thou shalt be punished".

To be honest, I was surprised not to have gained this week. I didn't lose anything, but thankfully haven't put any on either. Phew. Time to clamber back onto that wagon, wobbly knees and all.

I really need to get a grip, get my act together. This is the second week of not really caring - I don't want food to be controlling my life anymore, so why am I letting it?!

I know that when Ruben has been really demanding, and yes he has really been hard work the last couple of months, work stressful, and I am generally low on energy, that is when I let things slip. What can I do to keep focused when both my brain and my body feel as if they've been run over by a double-decker bus and all I really want to do after bedtime is to be a great big slob on the sofa, stuffing my face with all things bad for me?

I am going for a 2.5 week holiday to England on Monday, and though I know there will be some eating out, a few drinks and some unhealthy food, I hope that the change of scenery, the time off work and meeting old friends will help me shift into gear again.

I treated myself to a pair of new earrings and today, as a pick-me-up. And I am just about to put 22 kilos of grumpy toddler on my back and go for a walk. At least the extra weight on my back will make it more of a workout - an hour of him on my back and I promise you I FEEL those abs!

How do you pick yourself up again after a slip? Tell me please, I need to know!

WHY BMI IS BOGUS

Came across this article and found it "shareworthy" - what do you think? We always knew BMI was at best a vague indicator of a "healthy" or "not healthy" weight, not taking into account muscle mass and bone density - but should we ditch it altogether?

Read the article here.

WEIGH-IN 14th AUGUST: -0.1 kg / 0.2 lbs

What a pitiful loss indeed. Entirely my own fault this week - no point burying my head in the sand about it. Too much of the wrong foods and not enough exercise. It's as simple as that. I am just glad I didn't gain, now I am gonna pick up the pieces and carry on - determined to work harder in the coming week!

WEIGH-IN 7th AUGUST: -0.6 kg / 1.3 lbs

This is picture proof that I went jogging this morning. I have the day off work, but Ruben is at nursery so I can have some "me time" and so I went for a morning run. I envy those people who manage to run and still look effortlessly glam and sexy. I just have to face it - it just ain't gonna happen!



A smaller loss this week, and I won't lie - I know why. I haven't exercised as much as I did the week before. I had friends round for dinner one night and went way over on my cals that day, but one day out of 7 shouldn't make a big impact in the grand scheme of things. It's not as if I went totally overboard either, we are talking 2000 kcals instead of my usual 1400; even that out over the week and the average daily intake is still 1500, which should equal roughly a 3500 kcal deficit over the week, which again should lead to a loss of about 0.5 kg / 1 lb - which it did. So no surprises there really, it is all happening according to the book.

I think toddler-wrestling should be classified as a form of exercise in its own right by the way.

SIZE 12 JEANS!

Stretchy ones admittedly, but they're still 12s! Old size 16 jeans underneath, new size 12s on top:




Yay, it was a happy moment in the shop on Saturday! Still a long way to go to goal, but things seem to be going in the right direction :)

Too knackered to write much more now... will be back with more tomorrow!