Not just a blip

Weigh day today and I clocked in at 15 stone 5.2, or nearly 2 pounds down on last week, so it wasn’t a blip after all. This is the first time in months I have seen the scales moving in the right direction except when I’ve been detoxing. Since I’ve been on my new meds, I haven’t been craving food the same way I used to, and am eating much smaller portions and feeling full. I don’t know if the old medications were making me hungrier or if it’s just because I’m a bit happier now. Still, I shan’t look a gift horse in the mouth. It’s only 9 and a half weeks to Christmas now. Wouldn’t it be great if I could lose a stone (14 pounds). That’d really be a fantastic Xmas present to myself.

Just a blip

Last night I went out to dinner with my husband and a friend. They both had 3 courses, including the best sticky toffee pudding in the world for dessert. Spurred on by my one and a half pound weight loss, I eschewed starter and dessert and stuck with a healthy main. And OK, a bite of the BSTPITW. Still, felt very virtuous. But come this morning, and it turns out that my weight loss yesterday was just a blip, and I am back up to where I have been for the last week or so. Disappointing, but I just keep telling myself that I can’t control what the scales say and whether they go up or down. All I can control is my behaviour. Sticking with it…

Signs of life

It’s been a long time since I last posted on this blog. Regular readers will know that I have been suffering from depression. I’m on some new meds now and getting therapy and for brief periods every now and again I have moments when I actually feel ‘normal’. I’ve started thinking again about what I’m eating and doing some exercise. Haven’t quite translated this into doing much exercise, but I’m doing a little walking, around 20 minutes at a time, which is about as much as I can manage. It’s been a while! Today, I dropped a pound and a half AND got a job, so a good day really. And I promise to try and post more regularly from now on.