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has started again!!
Hello all. First I really need to say that I have seriously missed you, no line, even in Spain, I thought about Minis a lot! (Not my own group tho, odd.... Why is that I wonder??)
Well, I fully intend to read as many of the "new" posts as I can, but for now I am ultra busy. Our builder starts our loft conversion on Weds, and although I thought we had done well in clearing out the years of hoarding.....we truthfully havent!! So much to do, so little time.....so why Minis now??? LOL!!! Because I NEED you, thats why.
Food wise the holiday started very well. As you know I had always intended to have 3 packs plus one protien based meal each day. This was ok'd by my LLC, although not advised!! Started well, as I have said, even chose one night not to eat with my family as the restaurant they chose turned out to be more of a cafe, with dishes such as home-made pizza and most things with chips... Kids were fine with this of course!
I think I know roughly where my triggers lie now, as my downfall began the day after I chose to eat some of the delicous bread and ailoli (garlic mayo) as a filler before our dinner arrived. Once the bread got me, my spiral of decline was set in motion.
Having said all that, I was aware what was happening, and even found a pharmacy with an utterly amazing weighing machine, to keep a check on things. It weighed, worked out your height, did your BP (if you wanted), gave you your BMI (after inputting your age and gender), and also gave several other body fat analysis that I really did not understand!
Anyway, my WI will be on Thurs and I do have one question for those that might know please? If you come away from abstinence for a period of time, then return, how fast is the newly re-gained weight likely to be lost? Is it as fast as the first week of Foundation, or do you think it is likely to be slower? I am not overly worried, as I thoroughly enjoyed my hols, and dont regret the food at all. I have learned that life is for living , and that whilst the weight must never be allowed to get the better of me again, I wont be ruled by food, but in the reverse, so to speak!! (does that make sense?)
One thing that has really amazed me, is that, despite my gains, I have got straight back on the wagon, without a thought of giving up totally. That would never have happened pre-LL. Once a diet was broken, and weight was going back on, that was IT! I was a failure once again, so no point in carrying on.... Not this time though, I am so going to do this!
The hols themselves were fantastic, the villa was clean and well equipped, the pool was spotless and just for us!! (My daughter threatened to grow gills!) We had absolute privacy, and were in a lovely area, just far enough away from the hustle & bustle, but near enough to drop in when we wanted. On the plane out there, my seat belt fitted with loads to spare and the tray table in the seat in front didnt have to rest on my belly, at a slant, because I was so fat it couldnt lie flat. How good did that feel!!!
I wore sleevless tops (despite the flabby arms) and walked around in my new costumes with pride. (Maybe no-one else would have thought I had reason to be proud, but I knew what I had achieved and that was enough!) I saw some sights on the beaches too, women in teeny tiny bikinis, who were obviously happy but were not small themselves. I stopped judging, because inner contentment is what really counts & I reckon they must have had it!
Any how, I ramble....
Glad to be back here on Minis, but so cold now!! Where is the summer please? I am used to 30 degrees, sun and sea........
Well, I fully intend to read as many of the "new" posts as I can, but for now I am ultra busy. Our builder starts our loft conversion on Weds, and although I thought we had done well in clearing out the years of hoarding.....we truthfully havent!! So much to do, so little time.....so why Minis now??? LOL!!! Because I NEED you, thats why.
Food wise the holiday started very well. As you know I had always intended to have 3 packs plus one protien based meal each day. This was ok'd by my LLC, although not advised!! Started well, as I have said, even chose one night not to eat with my family as the restaurant they chose turned out to be more of a cafe, with dishes such as home-made pizza and most things with chips... Kids were fine with this of course!
I think I know roughly where my triggers lie now, as my downfall began the day after I chose to eat some of the delicous bread and ailoli (garlic mayo) as a filler before our dinner arrived. Once the bread got me, my spiral of decline was set in motion.
Having said all that, I was aware what was happening, and even found a pharmacy with an utterly amazing weighing machine, to keep a check on things. It weighed, worked out your height, did your BP (if you wanted), gave you your BMI (after inputting your age and gender), and also gave several other body fat analysis that I really did not understand!
Anyway, my WI will be on Thurs and I do have one question for those that might know please? If you come away from abstinence for a period of time, then return, how fast is the newly re-gained weight likely to be lost? Is it as fast as the first week of Foundation, or do you think it is likely to be slower? I am not overly worried, as I thoroughly enjoyed my hols, and dont regret the food at all. I have learned that life is for living , and that whilst the weight must never be allowed to get the better of me again, I wont be ruled by food, but in the reverse, so to speak!! (does that make sense?)
One thing that has really amazed me, is that, despite my gains, I have got straight back on the wagon, without a thought of giving up totally. That would never have happened pre-LL. Once a diet was broken, and weight was going back on, that was IT! I was a failure once again, so no point in carrying on.... Not this time though, I am so going to do this!
The hols themselves were fantastic, the villa was clean and well equipped, the pool was spotless and just for us!! (My daughter threatened to grow gills!) We had absolute privacy, and were in a lovely area, just far enough away from the hustle & bustle, but near enough to drop in when we wanted. On the plane out there, my seat belt fitted with loads to spare and the tray table in the seat in front didnt have to rest on my belly, at a slant, because I was so fat it couldnt lie flat. How good did that feel!!!
I wore sleevless tops (despite the flabby arms) and walked around in my new costumes with pride. (Maybe no-one else would have thought I had reason to be proud, but I knew what I had achieved and that was enough!) I saw some sights on the beaches too, women in teeny tiny bikinis, who were obviously happy but were not small themselves. I stopped judging, because inner contentment is what really counts & I reckon they must have had it!Any how, I ramble....
Glad to be back here on Minis, but so cold now!! Where is the summer please? I am used to 30 degrees, sun and sea........
