Back on track

13st12
stayed the same this week
9lbs lost
3st12lbs to go

After 3 days on the GI diet, I’m feeling a lot more positive that I can do this. Out of interest, I tallied up the points of the food I ate on Monday and Tuesday this week- and was pleasantly surprised to find that I averaged at 23 points- just one above what Weightwatchers suggests I should be eating at the moment.

Last week, it was a different story- I was eating an average of 34.5 points a day. And on points, I was continually hungry and craving more and more junk, while on the GI plan, my cravings are almost gone, and I haven’t felt hungry since I started.

Sooo… everything is looking positive for a good outcome at my next weigh-in.

I am having one problem though- I’m getting a lot of aches around my joints and in my muscles, and I’m wondering if that has something to do with the fact I’m detoxing from all the crisps and cakes I had been eating recently. Interestingly enough, today I did an ‘experiment’ and ate a cake and two packets of crisps, and 3 crumpets… and the aches have subsided. Weird but true!

Anyway… here’s to next week. Let’s see if I can keep up the good work and see the scales shift!

GI Diet?

I’ve got a second week off sick though I’m beginning to feel a lot better.

Now that I feel more in control of things, my thoughts have turned (yet again) to my weight, and I have settled on a new food plan to try and shift these stones.

I’ve done a lot of reading recently about mood and energy, and most of the literature points to low GI foods as a good moderator of both. So I’ve decided to go on the GI diet. Today is my first day, and so far, so good.

One thing the GI diet allows which the Weightwatchers core plan doesn’t, is bread. And that’s a big deal in this house where I often sit down to meals prepared by my mum, where bread is the base of the meal. Hopefully this is the answer!!!

Picking up the pieces

Since my last post, I’ve been keeping a low profile as far as weight is concerned. It is as though I’ve become so saturated by the dieting world that I’ve reached a point of feeling completely worn out and disillusioned by it. Everything I’m reading now tells me that only 5% of people diet sucessfully. Do I really want to be among the 95% of failed dieters? Do I really want to be a dieter? I’m not sure I do.

All the common sense and healthy guidelines point firmly away from diets and towards healthy eating. Surely eating healthily can’t be that hard? Surely respecting my body with wholesome foods can’t be that awful? Surely listening to my body isn’t as bad as all that?

I am exhausted- my ME is flaring up as a result of my depression, I’ve been off work all week and am beginning to feel fed up of being at home. And sometimes I stop and look at myself and think- wow, I’m just not looking after myself am I? I’m just not helping myself at all. Since when did crisps and cake become so desirable that I feed myself with them even when I’m not hungry… and, dare I say it, don’t actually want to eat them?

I realise that, as ever, I am in control of what goes into my mouth. And I realise that various behaviour and thought patterns are proving unhelpful right now. I just hope I can value myself enough to make changes.

And the changes have already begun. My desk has a pile of satsumas, plums and nectarines, all looking plump and juicy in their bowls. I have soya yoghurts ready for snack-attacks, plus I made a low fat flapjack this morning which is really filling.

I guess it’s all about being prepared- having the right things readily available so that when the hunger (or cravings) strike, I have the right answers sitting in front of me.

Onwards and upwards, as they say.