Week #6: The Joy Of Cooking

[westernind]

>because the human body is a strange and fickle organism, and next week it'll be back to just half a pound again
That was an accurate prediction! But that few ounces has sneaked me back a fraction under 12 stone again and I'm not worried about it. Onwards and ...er... downwards.

'Known threats' for next week

Down to 20 points a day

... having gone below another weight break-point, so will have to cut out something, probably the snacky bar thing I usually take to work. It's essential not to feel hungry, so I'll have to put more effort into finding and making interesting free-food recipes. This week I have mushroom curry and roasted butternut squash soup. (I've just remembered we have some sugar-free jelly. Not very interesting, but it's a sweet hit.)
The hardest bit will be finding points to save when there's an eating-out occasion. But nothing coming up for a fortnight, the next time being 'Seconds Widows' on the 26th.
Anyway... what's the alternative? Staying this size - considered and rejected.

Tired and busy - three rehearsals this week

Well... if I waited to diet until I wasn't busy, I'd be waiting forever! Still need to look after Simon in the evenings, and prioritise making int'restin' food - so will cut down on other stuff. Bugger housework, for instance.

What happened last week

Home for a week after Wednesday, and I get to do all the cooking

Rather enjoyed it, regaining some of the cooking-fu that's leached away in the last couple of years. Did almost blip after baking what were supposed to be chocolate walnut brownies (but were more like chocolate walnut cake) in that I spent a good part of the rest of the day thinking about eating another one.
One answer is to just not bake stuff at home; but I'd rather face it down and eventually achieve a better relationship with food. And home-baked stuff tastes good. Another answer is to eat one, then put the rest in the freezer. And the mixing bowl goes straight under the hot tap. Yes.
Made banana muffins today. :-)

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Target: 10st 4lb Current: 12st 0lb To lose: 24 lbs
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Comments

Dieting

[scary-lady.livejournal.com]

Hiya Roz

I have only come in LJ part way through your diet, but the mention of zero point foods suggests that you are doing Weightwatchers. Yeah? I suggest you talk to Auntie Em about what foods she is eating - she cooks and therefore may have extra recipes to keep things interesting for you. She is doing something right, cos she has dropped from a Size 18 to a Size 12.

Well spotted!

[westernind.livejournal.com]

Coo ta. Will definitely mail her to swap recipes!

I like the WW Cult (as opposed to any other Diet Cult) because it works for us - it's got me down from 17 stone, and it got Himself to lose six stone. There's something about diets that brings out the evangelical aspect in people though, and I try to stop this in myself.

Re: Diets

[scary-lady.livejournal.com]

Atkins is my diet of choice, despite the ongoing kerfuffle surrounding it. I am immensely chuffed at the moment, as I was weighed on Monday and I am still the same weight I was when I came off the diet in September. One of the major whinges about Atkins is that you regain the weight very quickly, but I suspect that the majority of this is due to people who do Atkins for only a couple of weeks and therefore do not change their eating habits longterm. I put 3 pounds on over Xmas period, but appear to have dropped it again without actually trying.

We are planning 2-3 months diet during the summer in order to drop another stone or so. The reason Atkins pleases me is that the prospect of this holds no doom or gloom, and I also know that it is almost certain to work.

WW seems very good provided you are intensely lawful. It provides too much choice and too many get out of jail free clauses for Jem - he would miscount all the time - but unsurprisingly it works wonderfully for Em.