A Disaster - back in the 70’s

 I gained 1.8kgs this week. That is huge. An absolute disaster. Needless to say, I will not be marking off my under 70 goal this week, or likely any week soon.

Reasons

1. On the sunday after my really good weigh in, I went nuts. I ate a whole heap of hot chips and wedges at the pub lunch I attended with friends. Then I went to Mum and Dad’s and continues to binge for the rest of the day.
2. During the rest of the week, I had no meal plan. This was because I had not had time to plan on the weekend, but after Monday I could have done it. Instead I chose to wing it for the week.
3. I gave in to after lunch chocolates almost every day at work. I convinced myself that one wouldn’t hurt, without considering that I had had ‘just one’ the day before, and the day before that.
4. I didn’t exercise except for Monday. I told myself that I needed the sleep in.
5. I ate Red Rooster on Thursday night. I decided that I ‘deserved’ it as it was the long weekend. That would have been OK, but I also decided that I deserved MacDonald’s on Friday night.
6. On Saturday I picked all afternoon at high fat, salty snacks. The salt probably added to my weight gain at my Sunday Morning weigh in through water retention.

So, there you have it. I gained weight, and it wasn’t a blip or just one of those things, it was 100% avoidable bad management. Not only did I gain weight, but I gave myself a three day food hangover. The fat and salt made me feel nasty and lethargic and sick. I kept eating it anyway.

So for this week I have a lot of ground to make up! I have done a food plan for the week, it does not involve any new recipes or anything difficult or time consuming to prepare. It is all tried and true easy stuff that I can do in my sleep, and it is carefully planned around my work and other activities. It also includes a few sensible small treats, and allows for the chocolate I got this weekend (being easter) Should be easy to follow. I am also comitted to exercising every day.

To avoid temptations (especially after lunch chocolate and after dinner snacks) my mantra for the week is

It will not make me happy, it will only make me heavy!!!

I wrote this down five times this morning, and I recited it in time to the music in my car about a hundred times on the way to lunch today. I sounded demented, but I think I will remember it when I need to! This saying also reminds me that cravings are not as desperate as they feel at the time, I will not be unhappy if I resist them.

Here’s to a much better week this week!