Ups and downs

I lost half a pound this week, which is nice.



With all the healthy eating, I'd expected to lose more, but every loss is a good loss!



Slightly depressingly though, I only weigh a pound less than I did on the 7th of October. I've been up and down since then.



It's down over all though, so that's something positive. Did I mention that I've lost 5 inches from my hips since I started (last February)? :)

Weight loss for geeks

Ever since I saw the Adipose episode of Doctor Who, I've wanted Adipose to be real. You take a pill, and get to lose weight and gain adorable little friends both at once.



If only there was such a thing as a quick fix that worked, ha :)



Talking of Doctor Who, I now have one of the stars of The Curse of the Black Spot on my fridge.



She's there because of a thread on Minimins, a weight loss forum I joined a few weeks ago. The first post of the thread mentioned having a 'vision board' of pictures and general motivational stuff. I thought the fridge was as a good a place as any, so there she is among the magnets, with "Put less food in your bowl, get to look like Ms Cole".

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I had a bit of an unhealthy one last weekend, so I didn't lose anything at yesterday's weigh-in. From Monday onwards though, I'd been really good, so at least I didn't gain anything.



Lately (for the past week, anyway!), my head's been in quite a good place with regards to weight loss. Fridays and Saturdays are usually my unhealthy days, and it's very easy to overdo it. Last night though, I was good. Allowed myself a few treats, but included fruit in the snacking so that I only used half the weekly ProPoints that I did on the previous Friday. So now I have plenty left for tonight's post-Who pizza, and a few spare for the week if I need them. :)

Control Yourself!

I succeeded at controlling myself last week, and lost 2lbs on Friday. Hurrah! Just need to keep it up and I'll see some more losses. And remember that, in the long run, losing weight is much more fun than pigging out!

However, while I know this, I still succumb to the urge to pig out. Weekends seem to be the worst for it. While it's ok to have some treats, I have a tendency to really overdo it. I went way over my weekly points at the weekend.



I'm back on track now though - only had 25 PPs yesterday, and I'll carry on controlling myself through the week. Hopefully I'll manage to have a loss, but I'll know why if I don't!

Getting back on track. Again.

I failed miserably at the challenge I set myself in the previous post. I thought it was unlikely that I would lose anything that week, but I've gone way too far in the other direction and put on three pounds in the past three weeks.



I haven't been very good at controlling myself over the Easter and birthday period. Sweet things always turn me into this person



and I end up binging.

I've been having big thinks about my relationship with food and such, but getting back on track, for now at least, probably isn't that complicated. I just need to control myself. In the long term though, I do need to rethink my attitude to food. Even after a year and three months of Weight Watchers, I still can't shake the idea that over-eating is fun. Which it is at the time, but I end up angry with myself on weigh-in day. I know that it's so not worth it, but I do it all the same.

I know I had the self-control at one point though. In this post from July, I was all about the self control. Now though, having one treat triggers the craving for more, and I end up letting myself binge. I've become lazy with my weight-watching.

I WILL have a loss this week though! Self-control and vegetables, here I come. I'll let you know how I do after next Friday's weigh-in :)

Friday, Friday
Gotta lose weight for Friday
Everybody's looking forward to a weight loss

(If you don't know what that last bit refers to, you're lucky. Or out of touch with memes. Both of which are healthy.)