she's baaa-aaack!

As you can see, I'm still struggling to post more often, but this time I have good news! Things are going very well again. I made a silly mistake on Tuesday but learnt my lesson & it's helped me strengthen my resolve. Basically what happened is I had an awesome day of eating then was taken out to an amazing dinner... Even though I knew what I was going to eat, I didn't look it up in my calorie book before I went. Thinking what I was ordering was a blow-out anyway, I took it further and had chips & then ice cream for dessert. Turns out if I had just ordered what I wanted without the chips & dessert, I would have been well within my calorie restrictions for the day. Instead, Katherine, thinking only in absolutes, thinks she's blown another day and takes it too far, AGAIN.

So what'd I learn? Stay educated even when something is outside of your routine and more importantly - every calorie counts. Stop thinking in absolutes! Just as you can have days that were worse than you originally thought, it can also work the other way so just keep plugging away instead of throwing in the towel when you think you've had a slip-up.

I was very frustrated at myself for doing this but instead of dwelling, I decided to look at the week as a whole and compensate the rest of the time to make up for my dodgy start. It's tough but I'm sticking to 1200-1300 a day for the rest of the week (except Saturday where I'll have 1600 to keep the metabolism working) and hopefully my Sunday-Tuesday screw up won't have mattered too much. I will definitely not be making the same mistake next week though... I'd much prefer to enjoy my 1500 a day than having 2 big days then virtually starving the rest of the week (don't worry - I'm not actually starving, I'm just trying to make a point).

PS Have finally overcome my protein shake aversion (cue hallelujah chorus) which has been a HUGE factor in getting my calories down and will also mean I can actually meet my protein quota from now on! If anyone is interested, Bsc has brought out a range called "Body for Women" which includes a Summer Berries flavoured "shaping" protein (protein plus other supplements to help with weight loss/fluid retention) and my recipe for an amazing smoothie is as follows:

1 scoop Summer Berries protein

6 medium strawberries (or 1/2 cup frozen berries)

1/2 banana

200mL ice & water

(and this morning I also added some mango puree - drool!)

Try it! You'll thank me.