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Hmmm….yup it is my time of the month, dear old aunt flo is here LOL. Wasn’t sure what to expect when weighing myself and to my horror it says I have put on 2lb

I haven’t had any slip ups, been exercising as planned so I guess it must be due to other factors in my body. I do tend to get quite bloated so perhaps it is water retention. Even so I am still disappointed. Will just have to see what it says next week I guess.

Whilst I was in town yesterday and browsing the pound shop, I came across a pedometer 2 for £1 … there was only one left so the nice shop assistant said that I could have the last one for 50p

Wasn’t expecting it to be brilliant at that price but it does the job…bargain!

Now I am gonna pay attention to how much I walk each day, of course I forgot to put it on first thing this morning (tsk) but as I have only been at home I guess I haven’t made that many steps yet. Going to see how many I make today and try to improve on it tomorrow.

I’ve not posted for a few days because I have been quite poorly with sickness and diarrhoea, over this time I have barely felt like eating and exercise has been non-existent. I am really scared to weigh in this week, I was supposed to do it the other day but am putting it off,  since being ill I somehow feel heavier, my stomach looks HUGE (maybe bloating from being ill?) and I am just dreading it. If I have stayed the same since last week it wouldn’t be too bad, I am not bothered about a loss as I was so poorly. But if I have put weight back on I will be so upset. I imagine my body probably did the “starvation mode” thing whilst ill and stored fat as I barely ate a thing…

I am doing well with the calorie controlled diet but my motivation to exercise has just gone completely!!

Luckily during the week I have no choice but to walk my son to and from nursery school so get some exercise there but in the evenings or at weekends I just cannot get the motivation to do anything!

I think after being ill a few days and taking things slowly I have gone back to the old routine of not really moving about and doing things.

I have a feeling my weigh-in this week is going to reflect this, perhaps that will be the push I need to get me going again.

…it had to come at some stage, my first “slip up”. The kind people at Dominos Pizza sent us some vouchers today so guess what I went and had tonight? Went overboard and ate loads

Mind you I had a mighty appetite after having to push start the car earlier when it wouldn’t start with my husband sat in it, used muscles I didn’t know existed!!

I  am determined to get back on track tomorrow and hope as it is a one-off it won’t affect things too much this time.

On the whole still feeling positive and will carry on until I reach my target.

Well in my first week I weighed myself after 3 days (tut tut)  but was happy as I had lost 2lbs! Then when the date came for my weekly weigh in the batteries had gone in my Wii board LOL so wasn’t able to do it!! Finally got new batteries today so had my first “proper” weigh in at 1 and a bit weeks LOL and have lost a total of 3lbs so an extra 1lb since my “naughty” weigh in. Very happy, I am on course for my aim of 2lb a week loss.

Urgh my sore throat has got worse, having some throat lozenges, dammit gotta allow for them in my calorie allowance today! Stupid things, they could at least taste decent if they are gonna use some of my allowance LOL. Feeling weak and tired, not much exercise done today.

I went to weigh myself earlier as I am now one week in (I weigh myself using my Wii Fit board) and the batteries have run out!! Too much use this last week I suppose, been exercising on it daily. Will have to delay until tomorrow when I can get some replacement batteries - how typical.

…yes it does because you are getting more exercise going back and forth to the bathroom all day!! LOL.

Woohoo not weighed myself today, resisted the urge!

Got a sore throat though, hurts just drinking water

We’ll see what tomorrow brings….

I really do annoy myself, it has been nearly a week now into my diet and weighed myself on day 2 (I told myself I would only weigh once a week)  but it was a nice suprise with a 2lb loss, now I have been weighing myself everyday and being disappointed at no change for the last few days GRRR. Why do I put myself through it?

I can guess the reason why…I started with quite a lot of exercise, probably pushed myself too much actually as I strained my back and so the last few days I’ve not been so active. If I had stuck to the plan and weighed myself tomorrow after the first week then I would have been happy with the 2lb loss in week one.

Set myself up for disappointment this week really didn’t I! LOL.

Well I gave into temptation last night, no, not food, weigh-in temptation LOL and got a nice suprise, 2lb loss in 3 days

Now I just have to be careful to keep at it and not think “oh the first 2lb was easy” and drift back into bad habits.

I have to say though on a 1200 cal a day diet it really isn’t that bad! Just taking the time to look at the calories and nurtitional content of food makes you realise if you change a few things about and look at the portion sizes of what you are eating there is no reason to ever be hungry or “miss out” on certain foods (for me I would hate to miss out on chocolate), it is just about balance and not over indulging.

I realised today that if I have a “normal” portion size of my usual breakfast cereal (rather than the overflowing bowls I used to have LOL) then it is actually less calories than my meal replacement shake I was having for breakfast and so gives me a few extra I can use elsewhere IYSWIM. I have my main meal at lunch as this is when I am most hungry, 600 cals or less preferably. I then have an afternoon snack (usually fruit or yoghurt), meal replacement shake at dinner and my “allowance” for the day of chocolate in the evening. I’m not ever feeling hungry (as I have on previous diets) and I’m not feeling like I am missing out on my little indulgences.

I have developed a bit of a bad back the last few days so having a sort of “rest” day today, only doing half the walking I normally do. Hopefully it will be better in a few days so I can keep up with the exercise.