Diet V Lifestyle Change

First for the news.  I had a 'Scale Victory' (I am assuming we can have scale victories if we can have non-scale victories).  I lost 1lb.  Yes One Teensy Tiny Pound.  But He went and joined all the other Teeny Tiny Pounds I had lost and ganged together and became ONE STONE! I like to think in stones as the numbers are smaller, and there are so many more milestones to enjoy.  My next mission is to get the number of stones down one.  This will take 5 more little pounds.  Easy Peasy when you know how.  :)

I also had a Non Scale Victory.  This is not so exciting, and is also a tiny, little thing but my Jeans are loose.  Not so loose I can throw all the 18s in the bin and shop for 16s, but comfortable loose.  They are hanging a little lower, the bottom is just a little saggy and I love it.  I can sit down without that awful strangled feeling round my belly.  I can grab any of my jeans and they will fit, I don't have to wash and wear the one larger pair I had.  I have CHOICE!

But all this success has gone a bit to my head.  I have a party coming up in 6 weeks, my Sister-In-Laws 40th birthday.  And in 7 weeks I have lost a stone.  So a little voice has started in my head.  'You've lost a stone in 7 weeks' It says 'I bet you could lose another stone in 6 weeks!'

'No' I tell it 'That smells like crash dieting.  We are not doing that this time.'

'But just think,'  It has a wheedling tone to its voice, 'You haven't seen some of these people since you started.  2 Stone off would be brilliant'

'No,' I say 'I am sticking to this and seeing what happens'

And so the argument inside my head continues.



Basically I have decided I will stick to the plan, try to do a little bit more exercise, and try not to worry too much about the numbers.  But I am going to have a look for some lovely healthy recipes which will keep me 'in budget' both with my points and with my money.  I might even put some of them on here, with photos and everything.

Who do you think will win?  Crash Diet Mentality, or Healthy Lifestyle?