Had a good day yesterday and feeling very positive today, although a little nervous about seeing the counsellor tonight. My boyfriend, D, was off climbing last night so I was in the house on my own, usually a good time to catch me stuffing my face, but a quick phone call from him set me on the right track. He’d asked what I was having for dinner and I said I wasn’t sure but had about 15 points to spend, and he told me to make sure I had a good meal because not eating all my points was not the way forward. He sounds like my mother sometimes!
So I faffed around the kitchen for a bit and settled on trying the WeightWatchers sausages, toast, beans and an egg. I used that low cal spray instead of oil which was a bargain buy. The sausages weren’t great to be honest, too soft really but ok, and will do for a healthy swap for when D is eating sausage sandwiches at the weekend for breakfast, as I don’t want to feel left out and be tempted by the real McCoy. The best bit was 3 slices of toast with Flora spread on, oh how I love buttery toast! It’s going to have to be reserved for when I have loads of points to spend though. The whole meal was 14 points which is massive for a dinner but I had it to spend and I figured it was better doing that than having something low cal and then snacking all night.
As well as checking up on what I was eating, D had also mentioned it was a good time to get on the Wii Fit. So I did! Well, there were no excuses available really. I love the Step game, although it’s absolutely hilarious to watch me do it. I have pretty good rhythm but the more advanced programme was way beyond me. The first programme is easy enough, with just stepping on and off, and then from side to side. The advanced programme was way more complicated, with stepping on and off, side to side, kicking, clapping and then swivelling my body round to step on sideways. D came home while I was still doing it and made comments like, “aren’t you supposed to be kicking instead of clapping” and “you’re stepping off in the wrong direction”, which as you can imagine was really helpful. At least it got me moving, and I made it to half an hour banked. After talking to D about it, I’m going to track how many activity points I earn but I’m not going to eat them. I’ve made a separate commitment to exercising rather than having it as part of my diet and I don’t want to give myself an excuse to start pigging out.
Looks like D is going climbing this weekend which means I'm on my own Friday night until late Sunday night/possibly Monday so I'm going to make sure I've got stuff to keep me busy and focused on my weight loss. There may even be exercise involved. Who knows? :)
So feeling pretty good today and pleased with myself that I am sticking to the diet and exercising and making efforts to find a good counsellor for extra support. Another sneaky peek at the scales this morning confirms I’m losing weight so I’m looking forward to next Monday to find out my official weight loss. I asked on the WW forum for advice about non-food rewards and got some really useful answers. One girl has a charm bracelet and is having a new charm for every half stone lost. I really like that idea as the website she directed me to had some lovely charms. I love the idea that when I'm slim I can look at my bracelet and be reminded of my journey. It would be cool to have charms that represented particular things too.
Also, I have two blog followers already, hello! :)
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