Day 1

I've acheived a couple of my goals today. I did exercise (twice!) and I hvae come close to my points - 21.5 instead of 20. I guess I should give myself a break and count the exercise points to justify the 1.5 extra hat I ate, but I never used to count them, so I figure it's not going to do me any good now.

I tried something new these last two days - I did a jog at the beginning of my walks. I can only plod slowly along and my legs really feel it now but I'm wondering if the change in my activity will help burn fat faster (??).

I was able to jog a further distance today than yesterday so the aim is to go further again tomorrow. It definately increases my heart rate more than a walk does. I have even noticed that my arms are a little sorer too. Probably due to the fact that I am holding them up when I jog, rather than to my side when I walk.

I have been drinking the water, and eating the vegies, but still struggle with the whole fruit thing. I will buy an apple and banana tomorrow morning for snacks instead of taking the muslie bar thingys I have in the cupboard (which, incidently, used to be 1.5pt on the old program, but are now 2.5 - a rude shock since I bought 12 of them yesterday and am now not sure I should have them at all!).

So day 1 down, not an entire failure but I can tell you I am damn hungry still. I'm going to go to bed early rather than think about it any more. My stomach is throwing hunger pains at me as I type this. I'll have some more water, juut in case I'm dehydrated (not likely since I've drunken over 3 litres today!).

I know that the first day back on track is always the hardest, and with that, I'm going to bed!