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Sunday, 25 January 2015

Week 5 - Weight Loss Journal

Hey there!

This week was hard to stay away from some temptations. Last night we went to a dinner date at a pizza buffet which was really fun. After many failed diets I figured that for me the best thing is to not have a diet, so if you're sitting there wondering why I go for a pizza buffet while trying to lose weight that is why. I don't believe in restricting myself in what I can or cannot eat, I still want to enjoy food but in a healthier and more balanced way. So once in a while it's good to cheat a little and it doesn't mean that since I cheated the diet is over. I'm looking for a lifestyle here, not a temporary diet. I know from experience that dieting, unless it translates into a change in mentality and lifestyle, doesn't work. Around 4 or 5 years ago I lost a lot of weight from the famous and at the time popular soup diet. It worked indeed like a charm, but it couldn't be maintained for the rest of my life. So guess what? Once I stopped not only did I gain back all the weight I lost but also some extra.

Note: By the way, I think I'll only do the measurements once a month from now on, because from one week to the other it's normal to not see that many changes and it becomes very repetitive.

Food

So besides the pizza buffet last night, I've been eating salad as a side dish to every meal. I also had the good old steak with french fries and egg - but instead of frying the potatoes (deep frying food grosses me out a bit) I baked them in the oven and it tasted pretty much the same, without all the extra grease. I brought some eggplants from Portugal with me since I had never tried them and they were on sale. I'm not sure how I feel about eggplant, it doesn't really taste like much and the texture is odd (maybe I'm not cooking it right, they feel soggy, so if you have tips on it let me know). We had some salmon too with baked potato and salad. For the past two days we had something I'm very fond off - leftover meals. I love taking leftovers and making them into a big diversified meal, even if they're odd combinations - don't judge me. So today for lunch we wanted to use up some salad and avocado we had, so I made some guacamole to eat with toasts, potato salad and some cold meat on the side (smoked turkey). Oh and today we had some pancakes in the afternoon.

Exercise

We've been going out for walks a lot. I'm still in Sweden and I want to get to know my way around my boyfriend's town, so we go on walks for me to mentally map the area. This week we went on 4 fast pace walks, each over an hour long. It's a relatively low impact activity and I find it very fun if there's someone I can go with and in such a beautiful location such as this one. One of the days when my boyfriend came home from work we went outside for a bit because it was snowing. I have never been in the snow before so I was beyond excited and I hope it snows again soon.


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