The Marathon of a Diet

I haven't had the chance to update my blog for a couple of weeks... i would love to have a proper reason but I'm fairly sure it is just down to my own pure laziness.

I'm going to have a bit of a moan in this update because i hit a sticky patch on the diet last week, not good and not fair.

So, I've still be excellent on the diet... eating all the right things and doing lots of exercise, including an hour of the Wii 3 times a week, however, i went to Paris last weekend to support my friends brother in the Paris Marathon.

I can not put into words how good i was throughout the WHOLE weekend. I took a sandwich with me for on the Eurostar so i didn't have to buy a calorific one on the train and i also took a bag of apples and a box of Special K bars so i could snack on them instead of chocolate. My friends were all eating take-aways and massive ice-creams that i would have literally died for but i still managed to use all my will power and not have any of it. I was so so proud of myself and quite happy to get on the scales when i got home. I wish i hadn't.

I got home on the Sunday, after giving up the chance to go for a drink and some dinner once back in London, and instead went straight home to bed because it was 10pm. I got up on the Monday and stressed all day about weight watchers and it turns out i was right. I had put on 0.5lb and i was absolutely gutted. For the first time since starting this diet, i actually cried because i had been so good in Paris, denied myself of the stuff that i REALLY wanted, did lots of exercise and stayed truly focused, yet i still put on weight. I was not a happy bunny.

Anyway, i decided to not let it get me down. I got straight back to it and have changed my eating habits a bit this week. I have varied my lunches and dinners and have actually eaten a bit more so i don't feel like i have starved myself as much. Ive eased up on the exercise as well, just walking 3 1/2 miles each night after work to the station and i only did half an hour swim on Saturday morning. I feel much better for it. I am not too worried about weigh in tonight, i really hope i have lost and i really want to lose 3lbs between now and next Tuesday so i still have another week so get a bit off so fingers crossed but i am not going to get so stressed about it if i haven't lost. What will be, will be.

If I've learnt anything from this week, it's to not get too bogged down with this dieting business. I am not happy that i cried over it but i suppose it just shows how important this is to me.

The ice-creams that i didn't have.