Light n Easy week 3

I'm thinking a better name might have been Light n Lazy... the controlled food parcels are working really well for me right now, but I feel really slack not making food, and although my boy and I rarely eat at the same time during the week, he's not coping with the cooking for himself every night. I am giving it one last week – next weeks order will be my last *sigh*. That being said, I'm making it a 7-dayer instead of the 5 day plan. I'm also planning to keep a set of the day 1/2/3 lunch bags (they come in little packages) and try and be organised at the beginning of the week. Calorie King can count my calories for me. The esky won't arrive on the door step :-( but I will have more options. I will seriously miss the dinners though!

Now the big question - have I lost weight... well, 1200 grams over 2 weeks, so the answer is yes, but it hasn't been as dramatic as I might have liked. My body has responded to the extra exercise, which I am enjoying, but I have a fair way to go before I am back down to 66, let alone 63. A weekend of birthday delights (lots of food and alcohol) didn't help!

On another subject, I am older - 27 (birthday on Sunday), and it was weird not being fussed over. I didn't even get a present until the girls at work gave me some Crabtree & Evelyn products. Apparently everything is 'in the mail'... I can't wait to have a family of my own so that birthdays are special again. The boy took me to brekky 'cause I asked him to, and I had a beer with a mate, but it's not quite the same as being immersed in that frenzy I was used to as a kid. I guess that I'm supposed to get used to it, but I'm not there yet! (or am I just being a brat?)

I treated myself in the end, bought some clothes, had a hair cut and a brow wax and felt a lot better!

Went to the gym this morning, was running late and only managed to fit in 35mins worth, but it's better than nothing. The gym is a bit of an effort right now as I have to carry bulkier clothes (boots, coats, layers etc) due to the cold weather. The hair dryers in the gym are all reaching their expiry date and so there is always a queue to use them.

On a positive note, I think the communal change rooms are having a positive effect on my body image. I'm by no means perfect, but it seems most people aren't. Even the skinny chicks have their odd or wobbly bits, I don't feel self conscious about changing anymore. (Which is really great since it's impossible to bring clothes into the shower cubicles and actually keep them dry!).

I have chores to do tonight, so leaving this here.

Weight loss slowing down...

I've done a lot of this 'losing weight' thing now, and am pretty in touch with my body. I can usually predict a weigh-in result based on how I'm feeling physically. Which is why I can't work out why I've put weight on so far this week. It's driving me nuts. I have been exercising madly, and eating less that 1400 calories a day as per the light and easy plan, yet my weight isn't reflecting the dramatic changes I've been making.

Now I know I shouldn't be weighing myself daily (official weigh in on Sunday) but it's been a bit of a routine, and I like to know how my body fluctuates. I look slimmer, my clothes are a little looser, but my weight hasn't changed. It's very odd. Usually by week 3 in a new program, I've lost about 3kg.

As a back up, I've been tracking any extra food on calorie king (which, BTW, is now free). It's a little more controlled than counting points, but I think they exaggerate the exercise calories burned!

Hit the gym this morning and missed the start of my spin class my 5 mins so I worked on the eliptical machine and bike instead. Work was crap and I couldn't wait to leave, however I missed the bus so I went shopping to kill time and bought a skirt to make myself feel better, it fit better today than when I originally tried it on 3 weeks ago.

I have more stuff to do before bed, so signing off here.