Lifestyle

After last week’s maintain, which I was actually very happy with, I went away from group with the mindset to make the most of what I knew was going to be a partly bad week. With my 30th birthday on the horizon, and my driving test on the same day, it was either going to be a day of double celebration, or commiseration! (It did end up being a double celebration though – yay!). We hadn’t planned anything in particular for my birthday, but we did end up with a KFC, a Chinese takeaway, and a trip to Frankie & Benny’s within a …

Last week I was a little disappointed with my weigh in to begin with as I really wanted to reach my target, but it wasn’t to be. I knew I had a couple of “bad” food days coming up, but I just prepared for that beforehand, and worked to balance it afterwards. I kept my syns low most days, then I decided I would go for an SP day on Monday and Tuesday, before weigh in. (I did do that at the last minute because I had porridge for breakfast, then decided I wanted toast. I’d only had speedy fruit too so …

During last week’s weigh in I was brave and decided I would go for a 3lb loss this week in order to hit target. I say brave, because I’ve never managed that much before; I think only twice. One being on my first week when I lost 3.5lb, and once after a holiday. But I was going for it this week so I could be at target for my 30th birthday next week. I planned to have more EESP meals, and maybe one or two EESP days. I managed both of these goals and had an SP breakfast and lunch almost every …