Week twenty: pound up, pound down

Week twenty! Have I lost a pound a week as I anticipated? No. Have I been faithful to the gym? Yes. Am I fitter and stronger? Yes. Have I been really careful with the food that goes into my body? Sometimes. And that, my friends, is the ticket. Success in this weight loss game is 80% food. And food (and wine) have been a struggle. I've joined weight watchers, but unless you're going to follow the program it's really an expensive fool's game. Every week I promise myself it will be different and I will write down the food I eat and calculate the number of points I have and stay within the 25 point range and every week I last a day or two and then I let the writing down slide and the number of calories jumps and the number of points I've consumed becomes who-knows-how-many the next time I step on the scales.  So I have to change that behaviour.

To date I have lost 14 pounds and I'm proud of that and I can tell my clothes are fitting more loosely. I eat breakfast every morning, something I never used to do, and I'm usually on top of things until around 4 pm. the witching-hour!! Then it's snack snack snack....Today, just for one day, I'm going to be more mindful around that time. I know my enemy and they say that is half the battle...the other half is subduing the enemy. Today, strength training and cycling. Oh, and no cinnamon buns....M