Monday Weigh In - 24.09.12

One word: OOOPPPPPPSSSSS. I got on the scales this morning and it wasn't good. Wasn't good at all. 207lbs......207.... not happy about that at all. 2lbs gain from last week when all I did was eat mountains of curry! However... I am not surprised at all because this week FINALLY we moved. We packed everything up during the week and moved in on the weekend. Our new place is looking so good... and is going to look even better when we are fully moved in! Anyway back to the 207 part and more on the house later... although I was doing well in the day time at work and although I had such plans to eat less I think realistically I was eating fine in the day time but too much because my stomach had expanded from the week before I was finding it really hard to cut down on my portion sizes. In the evenings it was going really wrong as well, I was knackered from all the wedding celebrations and because we were moving I didn't want to do a big food shop and use all our dishes etc so we ate alot of ready meals and we were drinking wine most nights but not just a glass perhaps like 3 large glasses each. Then this weekend I had a baguette and a McDonald's a huge Sunday roast and creamy pasta and banoffee pie and trimisu  and the list goes on and on and on!!!

 

 

 

Although I am not happy about it, and I really am not.. I was so close to 200lbs and now I have to lose 7lbs (which wasn't easy in the first place) to get back down to it before actually having a further achievement... I am not beating myself up about. I put on some weight yes but I didn't eat well, I have been super busy and to be honest I have had other things to sort out than just being able to concentrate on my weight. One thing I do want to watch is that I didn't relax because I am swimming. Since swimming I don't feel the need to weigh myself all the time but I have to make sure I don't use it as an excuse to stop watching what I eat.

 

I only have 1 week and 3 days until we go on holiday, would still like to hit 196lbs but I don't think it will happen, if I can get down to 200lbs I would be just as happy.. question is how..!

I do keep on thinking I should go over to the dark side and do Slim Fast as I know I will defo lose it.. but it is just so hard and I know it's not a real weight loss...but then my gain isn't a real weight gain (As in I know why, I know how and I know it will come off). Perhaps I should just bite the bullet and do it. I can have a shake before going swimming and a shake after at work then fruit and nuts during the day with a shake at lunch. If I do it then I know I will lose it and feel good when we go to Spain.... it is just the sensible side of me that knows that these diets don't work in the long run and the fact that I have lost weight without doing fads. 

 

OK decision made doing Slim Fast for just over 7 days isn't going to hurt me or me weight loss journey in the long run.. so I am going to do it.  Not starting tomorrow but right now.... next post will be Slim Fast Day 1.5!!