4: Small Bump in the Road
Had a good week generally, so quite impressed with myself. Nearest I’ve been to salt is on some aubergine because you have to allow the slices to “sweat” ahead of cooking, but it was all washed off so I’m still on-track. Who knew you had to sweat your food? Sounds quite revolting but there you go.
One small bump in the road. Crazy urge for sugar. Not butter or salt but sugar, so had some toast and jam. Thinking it could have been a lot worse though so not giving myself too hard a time. I know I will fail sometimes because I’m just not disciplined enough to not. I appreciate that sounds very negative and self-deprecating, but I have to be honest and I know myself. I’m hoping this is something else that will change in me as I feel results.
Here’s a result for you – 188.2.lb, so 1.4lb down. Incredible really and a step in the right direction. Still have a long way to go, although I haven’t looked up my “ideal weight” yet, mainly because I know it’s going to be a very large number. Anyway, I’m sure someone told me that 1lb a week is considered a healthy loss.
Apart from the toast blip I’m doing ok on food. Still resisting the croissants at Marks and Spencer (you have no idea how much I’m missing them), and still not used salt on anything. Given the rather pants week I had at work I’m proud of myself again.
So, what are the ultimate targets here? This isn’t just about fitting into a size 10 dress or anything like that, nor am I worried any more about what people think about how I look as I just tend to wear boring, bland, dark, slightly loose clothes so that I disappear into the background. Having said that, I couldn’t strip-off at the beach in the summer, but that was more out of consideration for other people – nobody needs to see me without clothes on!
Targets here are better health, not longevity as such – certainly no plans to live to 100 going on here – but an improved, mobile, tablet-free old age would be nice. That’s why I refused the statins because I fear that once you start these things you’re on them for life. Before you know it, I’ll be on 20 tablets a day and if you shook me, I’d probably rattle!
It’s like all these magic weight loss injections, detox programmes and crash-diets you see talked about everywhere. From what I can work out, they’re great for fast weight loss, but I’m not sure they’re a long-term fix because once you go back to your “normal” way of doing things, the weight returns and you’re back where you started. I’m trying to find a new “normal” that is sustainable for me long-term, so that it just feels like how I do things, not a complete 180 on how I live. That way, I won’t notice it – at least that’s the plan. Time will tell.
So, onwards, upwards, inwards!
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