Slow and steady wins the race

Had a delicious day foodwise today! Began with a quick weet bix and cuppa for brekkie, as I was running a little late (had to be at uni by 8am). For lunch though, I had a toasted tuna, mayo and cheese sandwich with salad, and a blueberry smoothie. As I have to go back to uni at 2:30pm today, and won't be finished until 7pm, I made a batch of WW friendly pikelets to hopefully keep me full until I get home. I ate them with 1/2 a cup of blueberries (I should have put the blueberries in the pikelets, but didn't think of it until I'd made them!). At only 3.5 points for 6 pikelets, this has definitely become a favourite!

Dinner will be leftover pasta, veggies and fetta - looking forward to that!

I can't believe I'm already at day 7. After blowing out last Tuesday, I thought I was just destined to never lose this weight again. I'd struggled for all of February and half of March trying to lose this weight, but never succeeding past about the 2nd or 3rd day. But here I am, 6 great days behind me, and 5.4kgs ahead of me to lose! Weighed in at 64.4kgs this morning, so the numbers are slowly declining, and each day I wake up feeling so much better about myself. Hopefully by Friday I'll be 64kgs or less... and getting back into the 63's would be a miracle! But slow and steady wins the race.

To tell you the truth though, I've found sticking to my points a lot easier when that's all I've given myself to think about. Until Friday I'm on 18 points (for a WW fast start), and I'm not doing anything planned exercise (except incidental, uni classes and walking around campus - which I actually do a lot of, especially Tuesdays). This is just for this week, and I guess giving myself permission not to worry about when and where and what and how regarding exercise just takes a little bit of worry away. I am at the stage where I think I need to challenge my body, and get it puffing again, but I'll start this weekend. Besides - weight loss is mostly about what's going into your body (food) and I'm fairly active around the house during the day anyway.

A few challenges coming up in April - I'm away for 3 days at a conference, and all food is provided, so the plan is to watch my portions, stop when I'm full, choose wisely, and avoid things that I know will be calorie-laden. For example, at morning and afternoon teas, they always have a selection of cakes and cookies that are to die for! It will be hard, but it's only 3 days out of my life, and I plan to walk each morning while I'm there.

The other challenge is my 22nd birthday! What I really want is to enjoy a delicious lemon tart and icecream from a quaint little cafe in the city. And I'm going to do it and not feel guilty! For the rest of the day, I want to be sensible with my food, and just a little relaxed, but not binge (because it would suck feeling sick on that day of all days!). I will think of all my favourite low point meals and have those instead of just busting out all the bad guys.

Well off to uni once again, more tomorrow!