Was away last weekend with 2 friends, one of whom has been doing SW for 4 weeks and has lost 7.5lbs. She was quite 'well-behaved' apart from too much vino! But it reminded me that I have to shift 1 1/2 stone. It won't be 'fat to thin' as I'm 5'5", 12.6 now and would like to be 11st by July (holiday); BMI 28 to BMI 25. I'm 51 for the record! Whilst we were away the other 2 were trying on clothes for one's DD's wedding (to which I am invited) and the SW friend mentioned how nice it was to feel better about her shape. I should add, she's not big, but is 5' exactly with long legs so all her weight sits around her middle. I was finding size 18 tops a bit clingy (You might not think my proportions put me in that range, of '18' being too small, but it does!).
SO, to this end, I have decided to be a bit Paul McKenna, asking myself if I want food etc rather than just hoofing it in! I have never been a 'whole bar of chocolate/2 litre tub of ice cream' gal but I do like me vino a bit too much . I tend to snack a lot, too, as there's always food at work!
Just made a Hairy Bikers shepherd's pie which was nice but, bit non-PMc, I grazed throughout the preparation, only raw veggies, mind, and drank 2 wine glasses of low-cal tonic and a glass of fizzy water so by the time I sat down to the meal, I actually could have left it! But I guess that way leads to bedtime binge eating!
I am trying to walk, fast, 2 miles every evening on a treadmill watching telly (30 mins at 4mph).
I have also decided to give myself Thursday and Saturday evenings off. Thursday is because my DM, (81) comes around and we have shop-bought curry or Chinese, plus I drink 2-3 glasses of Pinot. She has always been thin and a heavy smoker (with no ill effect...) and has spent much of my life dropping remarks about my eating so, frankly, I don't want her even knowing I'm 'dieting'!
I have read that 80:20 works, in that if you're disciplined 80% of the time, a 20% lapse won't undo all the good work.
What do you think?
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Mindful eating but giving myself 2 evenings off a week?!
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Tansie · 02/04/2014 19:20
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