How did the interview go Vicky?
I hear you loud and clear re dieting too long etc etc (but I've been dieting since I was 12 so that one won't work for me!!!)...
Can I try something different? No offence intended...
I've said this before on other threads or perhaps on FB, not specifically to you but to others - and each and every "deviation" (let's say) from the diet makes it harder and harder to return...
To date, you've deviated somewhat at the weekend without consequences on the scales the next week - perhaps you'd have lost more had you not had extras, perhaps not... no way of knowing...
BUT, in having extras regularly, albeit in a controlled fashion, not only are you replicating past behaviour which creates yoyoing... (yes I know my subject here!!!) but also you're reminding yourself regularly of what you're missing, what you could be eating, and you're inevitably feeling more and more deprived.
Just a different take on the same circumstances.
Personally, in your place, I'd go for a "clean month of July" and get this diet FINISHED once and for all, move onto phase 3, and then have your (alcohol and other) treats again...
WW and calorie counting are all very well but they rely on willpower a heck of a lot which I always prove sadly lacking in at just the wrong moment!!
And the yoyoing caused by "abusing" Dukan and Atkins just isn't going to help us long term (yes I say "US" cos I've done it too!! not this time perhaps, but I'm speaking as someone who's not had a SINGLE intentional lapse since May 17... and boy it's soooo much easier this way!!!)
Don't hate me... and I won't hate you either if you ignore me!! That's fine and we all have to find our own way out of this labyrinth...
Off to read Dizzy... this might apply to you too... or perhaps not!!
