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Well, that was a good result for the two weekly weigh in. All going in the right direction although I am told I will reach my target weight in 11 months. I understand this. I mean, I didn't get to where I am in just a few months. This has been a downward spiral over years of unhealthy eating so bearing that in mind, 11 months is not too bad. All that aside, the last week has been difficult. Not because I have been tempted to eat the wrong foods but because I had become so used to not cooking for myself when my little girl was in her dad's house for half of every week. I couldn't really be bothered going to all the trouble of preparing and cooking a meal for one person so I ate sandwiches and chocolate when she wasn't around. I also have a lifetime habit of not eating breakfast which I still have. I can even remember my poor mother, now resting in peace, desperately trying to get me to eat something, anything in the morning before I went to school and I would be physically sick if I did. So, this is where I am coming from. Never ate breakfast or lunch (this was the same during the many years when I was very slim), coffee sweetened with sugar and cigarettes all day and then a cooked dinner or sandwiches followed by tons of rubbish in the evenings and that was that. It was so very easy but also deadly. I still can't bring myself to swallow food in the morning. I still smoke - more since I gave up all the sugary things (3 cups of coffee a day with two spoons of sugar in each equals 42 spoons of sugar a week - yikes!). Lunch is hit and miss. So this whole thing hinges on my evening meal and I have to build in all the nutrients I need as well as keeping an eye on calories so I have no option but to cook a healthy, nutritious meal and I HATE DOING IT but quite like eating it lol. I also eat a small bowl of granola with fat free yogurt on it instead of the night-time chocolate I was eating. Exercise is currently out of the question due to multiple issues with my back that render me almost totally paralysed although I do make some attempt to work-out from a sitting position. It is so very hard to change the habits of a lifetime and if anyone can drop me a hint about how I can get past this issue of hating to cook for myself alone I would love to hear it. I am also finding this is a bit hard on my finances as I have to make sure there is fresh meat, chicken and fish as well as the fruit and veg in my fridge which, prior to this, all that was missing when you opened the door were the tumbleweeds! Oh well, at least I can take a bit of a boost from the weight loss and just keep on keepin' on as Bob Dylan would say.
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