I can't tell you how
great it feels to be back fighting on the diet and exercise front. That said, I
know it was the right thing to do to walk away from SW. I took that decision
back at the beginning of July. I had been wasting my time on it for several
months really, dropping a lb or so here and then gaining them back there and
overall was 6lbs heavier than I had been when I'd started despite an initial
drop of 12lbs. In short I wasn't doing the plan properly, and the classes
weren't working to motivate me to do it, although going to the classes did help
me avoid even larger gains. I felt on SW that I was just treading water and it
was training me to eat large portions, lots of
carbs and to snack uncontrollably.
Previously I have done well on it and dropped a few stone so I think it was more
to do with my attitude than the plan itself.
Anyway, there is no
point in flogging a dead horse (or any horse for that matter!) and the nagging
sense of failure was dragging me down so walking away was the right
thing.
I knew my head
wasn't in the right place to go straight onto something new but I was determined
not to go mad once I'd "given up". And, apart from a few days of holiday eating
and a few weeks of limited exercise and not getting motivated, I didn't.
Looking back at my blog I can see that July was a pretty hard month for me
(which I'd forgotten) so I should stop being hard on myself for not prioritising
dropping weight - it's hardly the most important thing in life!
Looking back over
the summer, Olympics and golf apart, it was a pretty tough time. So I'm pleased
that I didn't go crazy and have managed to wrestle my life back under control
without too much trouble. And also that I have, through sheer chance, happened
upon a plan which could be sucessful for me. I'm feeling very positive about
Fulton (while crossing fingers and not counting my chickens etc).
I managed my 6th and
7th consecutive cold showers both mornings although I must admit that it was
slightly harder now that the weather has turned cold. Heating on soon. I also
managed my morning POMs although not the full 30 minutes due to timings and
rain. If it had been dry I would have gone up the field but as it was chucking
it down I didn't fancy getting soaking feet so just walked round the lanes. It
was bin morning on Thursday and the dogs were in heaven - they discovered a
ripped binbag (our lanes are too narrow for wheely bins so we're back in
the dark ages of black bags!) and, once I'd dragged their snouts out of the bag
in question, they made a great game of prancing round from black bag to black
bag searching for more treasure!
We also had a near
miss with a cat. One house near us leaves 2 or 3 bowls of cat food out on a low
wall for their cats. Minty has discovered this and always detours down (oh so
casually) to see if the bowl is full. This morning it was so I yelled at her to
come away and , surprisingly, she did, veering off sulkily. Just as she turned
away I noticed a cat's head peeking out above a step next to the wall, frozen
and wide-eyed! It had been there the whole
time. Minty was only 2 foot away but had not spotted it! Phew - if she had a chase or fight would have
ensued and there are cat flaps into the house - I had a mental picture of Minty
racing after the cat and through the cat flaps at 7am! She PROBABLY wouldn't
have got through but might have got stuck and woken the whole house up!! Minty
is a weird one with cats, mostly she doesn't chase them but, if they run or she
finds herself on top of one, she might. She's only cornered one once and then
the cat did the big archy back, hissing thing at which point both Minty and
Shelagh skidded to a dead stop 2 feet away, barked and stared at it for a moment
before sniffily sauntering off pretending that they'd hadn't been interested in
the first place!! Cowards.
Anyway, back to
Fulton. I struggled on Thursday morning not to snack but was much better
today. Yesterday I was hungrier than I have been and kept on getting up to make
myself a cup of tea or grab an apple and then kopping on and sitting back down
again. When I'm WFH I seem to be able to make it through to an early lunch with
no problems. In the office, I am tending to have a mid-morning mini-meal at
10.30 and a late lunch leaving me having 3 meals. This is fine as Fulton does
recommend 3 meals which I struggle with at home, generally just having 2 larger
meals. Whatever works eh? On the plus side, I find it relatively easy to fit
in my pre-lunch POM by just going for a walk round town and I've been taking the
stairs a lots more too (12 flights both days in batches of 3!). I've purchased
some non-ancient green tea and taken Peridot's advice to heart have bought a
selection of Twinings flavoured green teas. So far I've only tried the
pineapple and grapefruit but still have plain and apple and pear to go. I like
the one I've tried though - it DOES smell like Lilt which makes me
happy!
I had an unofficial
WI yesterday morning and am pleased to report that I've dropped 3.5lbs since
Saturday morning. Tummy is flatter and clothes are marginally looser. This is
A. Good. Thing. and must be encouraged!
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