Regroup and plan

OK so last night should have been the review and plan for the next week post. It didn't happen cos of various things but mainly I feel lousy. So I'm reviewing this morning instead. Lucky me being off work sick. Still.

Daily total Consumed Weekly difference
Wed 06/01/2010 1511 1511 2388 877 877
Thu 07/01/2010 1511 1511 1709 198 1074
Fri 08/01/2010 1511 1511 1511 1074
Sat 09/01/2010 1511 1511 1511 1074
Sun 10/01/2010 1511 1511 1511 1074
Mon 11/01/2010 1511 1511 1572 61 1135
Tue 12/01/2010 1511 1511 1701 190 1325
Weekly Total 10577 10577 11902 1325


So according to my cals I was only 1325 over. But I didn't log for 3 days over the weekend cos I really didn't know what I was eating to be honest so that could be a lot more. Not a fantastic week, but I did show a 1kg loss on the scales from the post-Christmas weight so that's not too bad. And I was ok on the nutritional side - a bit to high on the fat, but within 10% tolerance so I'm happy :)

Next week (or this week rather) is going to be equally hard. I'm not back on work til Monday s0 that means no routine til Monday. And that's if I feel better. I'd better feel better mind, I'm starting to get really anxious and het up about all I'm missing. This is not helping the getting better thing so I'm going to have to work on this.

So the plan for today is to have a nice long bath using all my fancy stuff to make me feel better, then go down to boots and pick up some cough bottle and some face wash (both of which I need) and to head to the post office and get my ebay packages in the post. All things I need to do and which will get me out of the house and into the fresh air.

Tomorrow, I will think up a reason to leave the house as well, and Saturday and Sunday. Even if it's just to the corner shop. This has two aims: one to get me into the air, and two to get me doing some sort of gentle exercise. I can't get much more gentle than the 10mins into town.

For Monday and Tuesday I will get a walk in during work - there's lots of excuses I can think of for that so that won't be a problem.

Part two of the plan will be to keep within cals for every day this week. Yesterday is blown cos of a blow out with chocolate last night but the rest of the week is slavageable. I just have to think before I eat and put some of the things I've been reading about into practice.

One thing I am going to try this week is to tune into my body - listen to it and see what it's telling me. Am I hungry or am I comfort eating? Am I tired or distressed? Am I fed up or grumpy or just tired? What are the reasons behind it? It will take some effort and I don't expect to get it right all the time but at least allowing myself to take the time to note these things and why will be a step on the way. A mood diary of sorts I suppose.

Part three, is to up the intake of fruit and veg - with particular emphasis on the veg. Fruit I don't find too difficult to eat but veg I find the effort not worth it most of the time lol So I need to start expanding my range of vegetables and think of interesting things to do with them.

OK I think that's enough for this week. I will hopefully still be posting daily on how I'm getting on but the weekly post I'm planning on being an institution to force myself to take the time to think about how things have been and reasons why things may not be going so well. :)

OK 97kg, 12 to go for the next target :)