Monday 27 October 2014

Have I been kidding myself?

When I look at myself in the mirror fully clothed in a dress, leggings & boots I think I look pretty good. A little overweight, perhaps, but mostly good. Yet the scales, tape measure & photos tell a completely different story. I'm two stone heavier than I was this time last year, my stomach is enormo & I look awful, awful, awful, totally rubbish in photos. 

Why is there such a huge disparity between what I see in the mirror & the actual reality?

Day 1/10 of the Mindful diet

Woke up feeling fab & rested after our cruise, full of energy & excited about the brand new 'diet' I'm starting today.

First off, we've been told absolutely nothing is banned- we can eat & drink absolutely whatever we want. Great! Except that's what I've pretty much been doing for the last 10 months, hence the 2 stone weight gain & why I'm here starting over again. Of course, there's a catch!

The catch is that before we put anything at all in our mouths we need to ask ourselves: 
~ Am I hungry?
~ What do I want to eat?
~ How is it going to make me feel?
~ What am I trying to achieve?

Not so easy after all but I can see where our lovely coach/ trainer is going with this. We need to step back and think about what we're doing, the consequences and the impact it will have on our goals. 

We also get a daily 10 minute exercise routine to do. My bum & hamstrings already feel stiff but it was fun, I pushed myself & my little boy joined in too.

At the end of Day 1 I'm feeling hopeful this could make a difference.

My day in food:

3* ryvitas topped with Philidelphia Lightest & banana

Home made vegetable soup (made using my souper duper soup maker).
Slice of wholemeal bread (fresh from bakery & nothing's banned, right) with olive spread.

2*  Haribo Starmix mini bags 

Home made vegetable curry with steamed jasmine rice.

Grapes & yoghurt.

It's been a while! But I'm back!

I think it's been over 2 years since my last post but I'm back with a vengeance. I stopped blogging when I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), last my way a bit in terms of slimming and now have an enormous 2 stone to lose. Yowsers. 

I'm doing things very differently this time. Instead of following Slimming World I'm trying to tackle the root of the problem so I'm losing weight the mindful way.