Week 2 of my weight loss journey…

So just over a week in, how am I getting on I am sure you’ll be wondering…

I’ve had a good week. At the moment I have opted to go for a general reduction diet to ease me in gently and to see how the weight loss goes. I tend to find at the beginning of any weight loss programme that relatively simple changes to my diet start to show on the scales and as the weeks pass by I reach a plateau and need more drastic measures to maintain the weight loss. So I am following a basic low fat, reduced calorie diet.

Week 2 of my weight loss journey; All 12stone 4lbs (172lbs) of me!

I have also started walking for an hour each day, I am usually a runner but unfortunately a recent injury has stopped me in my tracks, literally! So again I am easing myself into more exercise gradually and plan to join a gym next week to step things up.

As ever, as soon as I tell myself I am on a diet, I start dreaming of chocolate, cream cakes and ice cream, all things that I wouldn’t eat on a daily basis anyway but all of a sudden they are forbidden so I crave them!! It’s amazing how our minds work. Even so I stayed on track throughout the week and knowing that I have to confess all here helped me to focus! The only blip on the horizon was that I was invited to a friends house for tea., now I can hardly say “yes I’d love to come for dinner but you have to cook me a delicious low fat, low calorie meal”, can I? So, I say nothing and willingly (!) devour the 3 course meal that on a rough estimate exceeds my entire daily calorie allowance. I go home feeling stuffed and guilty but hey, it’s only one day. Life’s too short, I had a great time with my friends and tomorrow is always another day. My philosophy is to try each day to do your best, if things don’t go entirely according to plan, don’t beat yourself up about it, just try harder tomorrow!

And the outcome of it all…jumped on the scales today and I’ve lost 3lbs! Woohoo! So I now weigh in at 12stone 4lbs. (172lbs). For me that’s all I need to see, a slight weight loss on the scales and I feel motivated to tackle another week and to just keep on going until I reach my weight loss goals.

I hope that you’re having a good week too and if you’ve got a weight loss or dieting story you’d like to share please post a comment below, I’d love to hear from you.

Until next time,

The Wizard

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