Holiday Wrap Up

Hola! Como estas?! jajajajaja..... I'm back from Spain and had a great great time. Lots of sunshine and lots sangria, I did eat well but also enjoyed myself... a daily icecream and a daily jug of sangria isn't going to help the scales is it?! 

Before I went away I went on a huge eating binge and ate so much crap it was crazy...100% of this was stress eating as work was just getting too much for me...anyway it resulted in a 7lbs gain.. no real surprise as I ate so much bread and chocolate, biscuits etc.. I was eating even though I wasn't hungry and almost forcing myself! Anyway ...got on the scales today and am sitting at 187lbs... so a 5lbs gain...it's not great but it's not bad and can easily rectify it. I am really looking forward to being back on track and getting healthy again. While on holiday I had a lot of time to look around me and without sounding gross look at womens figures and really decide on what I want... It's so interesting when you get to check out people and say no I don't want that yes I do want that. I am definitely not wanting the figure I have now and don't want to be overweight and wobbly... and I defo do want to be lean and toned... but I really don't want to be skinny... it's not sexy or realistic for my figure.. 

I know it's the same old story but it's good sometimes to look around and really reassess what you want and  to confirm you are moving in the right direction. It's going to be high protein, lots of veg and fish for me and I am pleased to say I am really looking forward to going back to the gym. I want to go daily as I was before and am going to concentrate on running and swimming. I know it's the same old story with me but I do feel like I have turned a corner in life... I also want to relax a bit as well. I think before I was letting health and fitness consume me (the irony) and although it does have to be a daily battle and always will be with me I think I need to come up and smell the roses and realise that this is a great thing I am doing and should enjoy it all rather than it being a punishment and not enjoying things in the here and now. Healthy eating is easy if you do it right, instead of low fat this, so many cals in that I think I want to take a much more natural approach. If it's unprocessed, natural and yummy it's all good in my books. Don't get me wrong I will still be looking and counting calories but just want to relax a bit more. 

And that leads me onto one of my projects, I want to put together a cookbook of all yummy recipes that will all be low carbs, high protein and generally healthy with a few treats thrown in... I bought a couple of folders the other day and I think now is the perfect time to start especially as we are entering into dark evenings...so a glass of red and looking at recipes is on the books!