Success

I weighed myself this morning and I'm back to my pre-Christmas weight.  That makes me happy but it's scary to think that it takes 3 weeks to undo 1 week's damage!

My goal is to fit back into my favourite red polka dot dress.  Well it actually fits me now - and I've been planning to get my sister to take photos of me in it so I can judge my progress - because it has a fair bit of stretch in the fabric but it's not at all wearable. 

I figure it'll be another 10 kg or so before I feel good wearing it.

Last week I got a bit slack on exercise.  I start the week well then I get tired and worn down so do less.  This week I want to be consistent.  Actually one of the biggest issues is that when I use my punching bag, I get destroyed by mosquitos (I have got my revenge though, and left some yucky marks on the bag).  So I need to get some mozzie coils to burn or some aeroguard.

I'm managing around 4km a day in incidental exercise now that I've changed my route home from work.  It takes the same time to get home but I'm actually doing something constructive instead of sitting around waiting for buses and trains.

I just wanted to make a note on my last post - when I said "diet" I meant the typical plan you'd see in a magazine or get from your doctor.  I'm not saying this is the absolute best/healthiest diet you can have.

I don't think you can equate "diet" with "healthy" anyway otherwise you'd class diet coke as a health food!  And, if you manage the calories well enough, you could lose weigh living on big macs. 

My plan at the moment is to eat luxurious foods as much as possible.  Hoeing down 3 McChicken burgers for lunch (as one girl at my office has been known to do... and she's as thin as a rake) isn't luxurious or healthy.  Eating fresh, unprocessed foods that are in season is definitely luxurious.