The Weekend
Enjoy Yourself!
The weekend was always an opportunity to drink alcohol and eat everything I shouldn’t. This habit was completely out of control. Time to fix.
The Weekend Shop
Always Tricky!
Yesterday, I wobbled slightly but not enough to hamper my first-week proceedings. Weekends were always my downfall. An opportunity to drink alcohol and eat everything I shouldn’t. As I’ve reported before, in recent months this habit had got completely out of control.
I’ll save this for another blog, but food shopping is a pain no matter what you’re eating. And yes, we do online but that is a pain as well. A different kind of pain. We visited three shops during the day but still hadn’t managed to get spinach for the recipe er indoors is going to try for Sunday lunch. Plus, some other items as well. To save going out this morning, I took the executive decision to go to my local Tesco. Funny, cos the wife thought I was sneaking out this time to purchase alcohol! Something I used to do in a past life! Then hide some of the stash in the boot of my car. Luckily, I was only an alcoholic on Saturdays! But, the weekend was when I tended to be really bad.
Dealing With The Weekend
Learn To Be Strong
For the first time in decades, I work Monday to Friday so weekends are extra special for me. Dealing with them was always going to be a little tricky.
Having eaten properly all week, I used to weigh myself on a Saturday and then descend into food and alcohol carnage whether I’d lost weight or not. I mean I’d worked hard, it was the weekend, I’d been good all week, time to let your hair down etc. Your brain naturally thinks that way so you take any old excuse to indulge. Another reason why I’m convinced a good percentage of our problems stem from how we operate our brains!
I’m weighing myself on Monday before the weekly Zoom meeting with More Life. I wasn’t sure if this was going to work. Even our coach said Saturday is fine to weigh yourself. But, after deciding on such a massive change, I thought I’d see if I could do it. So far, so good.
I had breakfast and lunch but noticed post-dinner that I was quite short of calories for the day. So, I decided to try a little experiment. Let’s get around 800 calories of snacks to watch in front of the telly. BBC 2 were showing a Beatles compilation followed by a compilation of Liverpool music before the football highlights. Having not watched one second of TV all week and having stuck with my guidelines, it was the least I deserved!
Snack Attack
I Gave In…
As I constantly stipulate, nothing is off-bounds. And remember this is more than simply counting calories. It is working with your brain, not giving in too easily to temptation, eating better and living better. I still eat processed foods, just careful with which ones I consume. I am wary of food labels and food content. Get these few things around your head and you are one big step nearer to living a healthier life.
As time goes on, I find myself craving such foodstuffs less and less. I think back to my days of consuming 4,5, and even 6000 plus calories and shudder with horror. And I never felt fulfilled in any shape or form. Emotionally I’ve learned to live with aspects such as insomnia and hunger, I am so much happier as well. I feel I’m getting the weekend under control, another major step. The next step is whether I can sustain this lifestyle long-term.
I gave in but in a controlled manner and this is where I need to go moving forward.
