LL Weekly - Week 3. Done.

Hello - blogging getting sporadic already! Need to remember it is a great mental distraction for me and I hope helpful for some people out there.

So 3 weeks done as of tonight>>>>>>

13lbs lost; 7% body weight lost; 32% of my weightloss goal met.

Weeks 1 & 2 I followed the plan to the letter. Week 3 - faced some challenges...

Challenge 1

Business Breakfast to see the Olympic Torch on its way from our city. Breakfast goodies everwhere - really tempted and made a decision to have half a bacon sandwich. BUT detoured; made a peppermint tea then got chatting - bacon buttie averted.

Challenge 2

Awards dinner - decided to 'eat' to avoid looking rude or ungrateful. Had 3 FPs that day then at dinner ate small piece of bread; nibble of ham terrine (too salty so left the rest); 3/4 chicken breast (no skin) and veg (except mash); dessert was creme brulee and I had a few teaspoons before leaving. Plus 1/2 glass of fizz and 1 glass white wine. Was in control and back to the plan the day after.

Challenge 3

Sunday - last minute got involved with marshalling at a running event and then ran/walked 5km myself. Got home at 2.30am having not eaten all day and quite dehydrated. Ate porridge and drank water then had bath. Felt really ill after. Dizzy, nauseous - drank more water, laid down. Then remembered 2 cod fillets in breadcrumbs in the freezer. Felt I needed proper food. 'Nurturing Parent' kicked in with messages like 'it's good protein - you need it; your muscles worked hard today; it'll make you feel better'. So I ate them both - slowly with S&P and really enjoyed and savoured them. Only ate 2 other packs and calculated I ate about 1,000 cals in total for the day with similar C/P/F %'s as on the plan. On reflection this was not controlled; I didn't address the thinking in 'Adult' state - i.e. it won't add to your weight loss success.

So tonight I went to group and didn't tell anyone about this 2nd lapse. My weight loss was good and here I am at the start of Week 4. So slip up is behind me - part of mastery is mistakes! They say 'lapse; relapse; collapse' - am aware of that and will be mindful his week (inc. another dinner event on wednesday - will do same as last week). No guilt today and here's to another good week...

ODAAT

TFRx