That Oscar Wilde knew what he was talking about when he said, "I can resist anything except temptation", because this week I have done exactly that.
In diet terms, I have "shit the bed" (not literally, my bedsheets are fresh and clean).
I'm not 100% sure what has gone wrong. Maybe it was a busy work week, there's been a lot of stress flying about and some situations where it's felt like one step forward and three steps back, and a car that decided to spectacularly fail its MOT!
A trip out for tea on Tuesday (although I did have a salad) became pizza Wednesday, that led to meal deal Thursday and then on Friday after I'd been up watching the election all night and then hosting special on Mansfield 103.2, Lucy and I went for breakfast.
On Saturday I drove a friend to the airport and by the time I got back, the second half of the England match was about to start and I couldn't be bothered to cook, so I ordered a Chinese.
In my defence on Sunday morning, my friend text to see if I wanted to go for an "all you can eat breakfast" and I said I couldn't because I'd already arranged to go for afternoon tea with some other friends. I'm not saying it did a huge amount of damage limitation, but it felt like some sort of victory.
We then decided to meet for a dog walk and a coffee in the park. When we arrived it started raining, so we came back to my house and drank tea (with no biscuits - another little victory)
Sunday afternoon, I had a lovely afternoon tea with some of my old school friends, it had been arranged for ages and I had a lovely time. I don't regret a single calorie consumed!
Yesterday I decided enough was enough and I needed to get myself back on track, so I gave my head a shake and took back my control.
I made a meal plan, started tracking and headed to the supermarket to make sure I had all bases covered.
I'm trying to learn what my triggers are, what I can do to deal with them and how I can avoid falling into the "oh I have nothing for lunch, I'll get a meal deal" trap (although I do love a meal deal)
As I wandered around the supermarket, I realised I had a craving for something that had been on my afternoon tea the day before. Tentatively heading towards the aisle where I knew I'd find it and took out my phone.
You'll always be able to spot someone who's on either Slimming World or Weight Watchers as they'll be walking around the supermarket with their phone in their hand scanning barcodes, praying that the item they're holding is only a couple of syns.
I scanned the barcode on this particular item and felt my soul do a little jump for joy. Half a syn for a tablespoon! Get in!
I admit that piccalilli might not be everyones choice, but yesterday it was what I wanted, I wanted it's tangy little pickleness in my life.
My sister refuses to eat it because my dad told her it was camel poo when she was younger. I quickly caught on to the fact that my dad would make up lies about the foods he loved and didn't want you try, which is why I said I would love nothing more than to try slimy snail shavings (mushrooms) and really large rabbit poos (rum truffles) I see your lies Ken Trinder!
When I got home for lunch, I made myself a chicken salad with boiled potatoes and a tablespoon of piccalilli and it was EVERYTHING!
For tea I did myself a Slimming World Paella with extra veg.
I felt back in the room!
Today I'm in my office for most of the day, so I've made sure I have some healthy snacks to keep me going. I'm going to re-create the chicken piccalilli salad for lunch and I've got my 5% mince spag bol simmering away in the slow cooker.
It's only day 2 of being back on track, so I'm avoiding being too much of a diet w****er and if I'm honest, I'll probably embrace my inner Oscar Wilde again at some point, but for now, if a tablespoon of piccalilli is what it takes to get me back on track and feeling confident getting on the scales again, I'll take that!
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