'No-Power' is a muscle, if you don't use it, you lose it

So far, so good. 

I have continued to have my 3 shakes a day + dinner, and add more exercise to my life each day. I'm feeling great, motivated, and the preliminary weigh-in's are telling me there's movement at the weight loss station.

I had forgotten how good it feels to say 'no'. No to extra food that doesn't ever fill a gap. No to the feeling of guilt. No to feeling thick and gluggy. No, I won't let myself down today.

It was a real test of will (or won't) power yesterday as I went to the movies with Mum & A. There were plenty of treats waiting for me as usual, and this time I prepared. I took with me a punnet of strawberries and some specially chosen chocolate in portion control sizes. Besides a single handful of popcorn and slurp of Coke Zero, I had my strawberries and didn't feel like I was missing out much. Then on my return home I had my allocated chocolate treats.

I feel good for being strong in myself. For controlling my appetite and remembering this skill that I had learned so well over the last few years, but then over the past 12 months have gradually 'forgotten'.
Everything in moderation is okay.

For me, it's about tracking intake vs output and being mindful and in charge of my body. I think I have to accept that being mindful of my body will be a life long reality, and that rather than resisting it, I need to just accept that I can't eat mindlessly and still feel good about myself. It's a slippery slope.

Today the scales said I was under 75kgs for the first time in a while - 74.8kgs, but then I won't really take that as a proper figure until my allocated Weigh Day (Saturday) which will mark exactly 1 week of trying hard. At that point I will look at the starting weight of 77kgs and celebrate any loss from that point. 2 more sleeps until Weigh Day. I want to make sure that's a happy result, so I will keep on trying.

Things to work on? 
- Drinking more water. 
- Complaining about the world less. 
- Including some gentle jogging in my morning and evening puppy walks

Til then,

Anita x